ELECTION 2014 - Merged Threads

[crays]

If the State House flops to the "R"s, we just may see the Magazine Limit and UBC repeal bills hit the Governors desk. Could still be interesting...

You think Hickenlooper would sign if it even made it to his desk?

I would like for him to have to face that decision.
It will make for an uncomfortable situation for Hick either way. We are all under the assumption that he has further political aspirations, and it will be a no-win situation. Sign, and risk losing support from (D) side (and the money/power machine), jeopardizing his future aspirations; or don't sign, and risk the ongoing fallout/turmoil from his lies, pandering and waffling, which will most assuredly be used against him in any future political endeavors. I can see the attack ads in my mind already.
But rest assured, if he does have to face that decision, and he does sign off on any of it, that decision will have not have been made by him but by his handlers (Bloomie, et al)

[Jer]

Hick's win validated that dems can do whatever they want, be as blatant as they want and they will get re-elected. Troubling stuff, no matter how "lame" the R candidate was. Do people forget that we can vote again in 4 years? If Bob sucked, vote him out and try again. That is how we hold politicians accountable. We're punishing ourselves by waiting for the great white buffalo candidate.

The point you may have overlooked is that the people saying Bob sucked aren't the ones who DIDN'T vote for him. Those that voted for him likely did so holding their nose in protest against Hickenlooper. It wasn't enough. The GOP needs to figure out a way to garner votes other than just hoping the Democratic party screws the pooch because, as we've already proven numerous times, that's not enough these days. The GOP has alienated SO many voters that something like what Hickenlooper has done isn't even bad enough to get him voted out. Now, Hickenlooper won by a slim margin and some will call this a moral victory but the fact is that he's still in office another 4 years which the Democrats will see as a win and rightly so. They pulled some pretty shady shit and got rewarded for it. I know a few pawns bit it but the King remains on the board and they did some pretty big damage to our freedoms in the process.

[Jer]

I think the way this vote went for governor is a message to the GOP to stop putting out crappy candidates. Yes, all democrats will vote for whomever has the D after their name. It's been proven time and time again that's just how people in that camp operate. But it looks like a sector of the people in the republican camp actually care about the candidates that their party puts up for election, and if they think that it's a lame candidate then they won't vote for them (Romney, Beauprez...). This should kick the GOP in Colorado in the ass and say "We need to put the strongest candidate out there, not who the data says is the most electable". Sometimes that might be the same person, but recently that has not been the case.

The real test to see if the GOP learns from this race is who they put up for president in 2016. I fear that last night is going to give them a ton of false confidence and they will throw out someone like Krispy Kreme Christie (vomit) or Bush Numero Tres (double vomit) and think that just because they have the R after their name, they will be a shoo-in.

Those who do not learn from the past are doomed to repeat it in the future.

Will it matter if Hillary decides to run?

I would like for him to have to face that decision.
It will make for an uncomfortable situation for Hick either way. We are all under the assumption that he has further political aspirations, and it will be a no-win situation. Sign, and risk losing support from (D) side (and the money/power machine), jeopardizing his future aspirations; or don't sign, and risk the ongoing fallout/turmoil from his lies, pandering and waffling, which will most assuredly be used against him in any future political endeavors. I can see the attack ads in my mind already.
But rest assured, if he does have to face that decision, and he does sign off on any of it, that decision will have not have been made by him but by his handlers (Bloomie, et al)

lol @ thinking that Hickenlooper is worried about being revealed as a shyster after what he did openly the last term.

[Irving]

The people put Beauprez on the ballot, not the GOP.

[Superorb]

I am shaking my head wondering how Massachusetts, Maryland, and Illinois all get Republican governors and Colorado retains a Democrat.

Been to Boulder or Denver lately? Densely packed liberals will do that to elections. So will voting illegals.

[ZERO THEORY]

Exactly. Just like the presidential election of 2012.... the GOP fielded a turd and The People rejected it. Both were ripe for the picking and the GOP couldn't even get the job done.

This is no new trend. McCain was just as bad if not worse than Romney. Time and time again, we see true Conservatives, Libertarians, and Constitutionalists get left behind for RINOs and establishment candidates who either don't have the backbone or the dedication to serve our cause. Imagine what we could be accomplishing with a Gary Johnson or Rand Paul in office with control of the House and Senate. Just two good years to dismantle alphabet gang snooping, slash the budget, and bulletproof the 2nd amendment.

A boy can dream.

[BlasterBob]

I am shaking my head wondering how Massachusetts, Maryland, and Illinois all get Republican governors and Colorado retains a Democrat.

A Republican Governor in ILLINOIS? Wow, maybe this Governor won't wind up in prison like his predecessors did. Even the Democrat "machine" in Chicago will hopefully now be walking around with their tails between their legs. Now if they can just toss their Mayor out to the dogs but the "Billionaire Playboy" won't let that happen.

[Superorb]

lol @ thinking that Hickenlooper is worried about being revealed as a shyster after what he did openly the last term.

Exactly. Hick doesn't give a crap what we think, or an entire state of Sheriffs for that matter.

[Superorb]

A Republican Governor in ILLINOIS? Wow, maybe this Governor won't wind up in prison like his predecessors did. The Democrat
"machine" in Chicago will hopefully now be walking around with their tails between their legs. Now if they can just toss their Mayor out to the dogs but the "Billionaire Playboy" won't let that happen.

Maybe Chicago residents will finally be able to defend themselves instead of all turning into victims, the way the Dems like it.

[Jer]

This is no new trend. McCain was just as bad if not worse than Romney. Time and time again, we see true Conservatives, Libertarians, and Constitutionalists get left behind for RINOs and establishment candidates who either don't have the backbone or the dedication to serve our cause. Imagine what we could be accomplishing with a Gary Johnson or Rand Paul in office with control of the House and Senate. Just two good years to dismantle alphabet gang snooping, slash the budget, and bulletproof the 2nd amendment.

A boy can dream.

I didn't forget McSame I just listed those two as the most recent well-known examples to save on keystrokes. This has been going on for some time now and every election I hope to see something different and it never comes.