ELECTION 2014 - Merged Threads

[hollohas]

Somehow my district in JeffCo voted for Gardner (just barely) but voted for the Dem tool Perlmutter for US Rep by a wide margin, Hick by a wide margin, State Rep went to a Dem by a wide margin and State Sen went to a Dem. I'm not happy about those results. I am thrilled that the Country made some changes but this state is what is most important to me and my district voted for the a-holes that hate the 2nd. Ugh.

[MrPrena]

...and I see this vehicle in front of me last night on I-25 and 23rd st ish.

I just had a gut feeling that it was Rapsheet's car.

[cstone]

The Dems hated Ralph Nader the same way the Reps hated Ross Perot. When you lose by a slim margin and the 3rd party candidate closest to your candidate gets enough votes to swing the election in the other direction, the issue is clear.

Ideology is good. Being in a position to affect change to bring about your ideology is better.

Elections are about winning. If you can't win, and as of today in 2014, the Green Party, CPUSA, and the Libertarian Party are not in a position to win statewide elections in Colorado. Not now. Not in the recent past. Not in the near future.

Be idealistic and live with the opposite of what you want OR choke down your idealism and try to win and get a part of what you want.

[HoneyBadger]

The Dems hated Ralph Nader the same way the Reps hated Ross Perot. When you lose by a slim margin and the 3rd party candidate closest to your candidate gets enough votes to swing the election in the other direction, the issue is clear.

Ideology is good. Being in a position to affect change to bring about your ideology is better.

Elections are about winning. If you can't win, and as of today in 2014, the Green Party, CPUSA, and the Libertarian Party are not in a position to win statewide elections in Colorado. Not now. Not in the recent past. Not in the near future.

Be idealistic and live with the opposite of what you want OR choke down your idealism and try to win and get a part of what you want.

As usual, cstone comes to the thread bearing gifts of wisdom.

[MED]

Looks like the Morse's seat went to somebody even more gun hostile than Morse...Great!

http://www.9news.com/story/news/poli...ills/18546459/

[Great-Kazoo]

Looks like the Morse's seat went to somebody even more gun hostile than Morse...Great!

http://www.9news.com/story/news/poli...ills/18546459/

Certain districts will always vote one way or another. The D's complain about gerrymandering, yet they are the ones who did the redistricting. I bet the D's are saying the same thing about Ken Buck. Who care's..... If the R's don't step up they will be gone next election cycle. IF the D's with Obama at the helm use EO's to pass immigration (SURPRISE!) reform, minimum wage and what ever else their entitlement minds think up. They will not be voted but dragged out, in tar and feathers .

Take a stand where ever you want. Mine is set.

[Rumline]

IF the D's with Obama at the helm use EO's to pass immigration (SURPRISE!) reform, minimum wage and what ever else their entitlement minds think up. They will not be voted but dragged out, in tar and feathers .

Are you sure about that? I think a more likely situation is that Obama will sign the most sweeping immigration/entitlement EOs he can think of. Republicans will be frothing at the mouth and make idiots out of themselves in the eyes of "minorities," thereby ensuring a Republican loss in 2016. Legacy win for Obama and big win for Democrats.

[cstone]

As usual, cstone comes to the thread bearing gifts of wisdom.

It's 4 o'clock. Time for Wapner. People's Court. Definitely time for Wapner. - Wisdom of a Rainman

[Superorb]

Would love for the CO legislature to also run some voter ID laws past his desk, see him reject it and be in favor of illegal voting.

I think they tried to pass voter ID laws in the recent past here and of course it was shut down due to all the minorities who would be oppressed BS.

BTW, in India you're required to have ID to vote. And even the poor people who make less than $1 a day all have IDs. Imagine that... Over a billion people and they all have IDs so they can vote. You need ID to get welfare and all kinds of free handouts, but not to vote. Gotta love that irony!

Then he can veto enough bills to get himself recalled. and with the race as close as it is now I think that is a good possibility if he starts doing things that Coloradoans dislike.

I had to look it up, governors CAN be recalled in Colorado. It requires 25% of the votes received to bring upon a recall election. That's a lot of signatures.

Just disallow anyone who is not a net-payer of taxes from voting.
They should not get a say in how taxes are spent.
Want to vote? Get a job, get off welfare, and go vote.
Problem solved.

While I agree, you and I both know this will never happen. Every election from then on would be a massive landslide against the Dems which they will never allow.

[.455_Hunter]

And BIG surprise...

Colorado House majority balance remains uncertain with tight races

"These are strongholds for Democrats," said State Rep. Rhonda Fields, D-Aurora. "So I think these are going to come back in favor of the Democrats."

Delay reporting your results so you can ensure the "correct" outcome.

http://www.denverpost.com/election20...in-tight-races