Posted on 09/03/2010 3:06:50 PM PDT by snarkpup
GOP Senate hopeful Ken Buck tossed gubernatorial hopeful Dan Maes overboard as calls got louder for Maes to make way for another Republican.
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Maes can, of course, resign at some point in the future; but then the Party does not have the option of picking a replacement and we would effectively have a two-way race between Tancredo and Hickenlooper.
Looks like most of the GOP establishment will go for Tancredo now.
Operative word is electable. None of the three are electable. Was no one paying attention???
I’ve not followed this race, so forgive the noob question(s). Is it a matter of Mayes being too left on the issues, or is he just a lousy candidate in general?
Also, if a better GOP candidate can be fielded, is there a reasonable chance of convincing Tancredo to give up his third-party bid?
Just wonderful! The house is burning and we’re fighting over the coffee pot!
obamanation must be loving it!
You gotta' think like a Chicago neighborhood fixer on this one.
The Stupid Party strikes again!
Leave it to the Colorado Republicans to pick one of the most corrupt Republicans in the state. There’s 1,073,864 other Republicans in the state and the electorate had to choose Maes. We could have run the stock boy at Home Depot this year and won - as long as he was honest.
Go Tom Go.
The latter.
I voted for Mayes in the primary as a protest because the other Republican (McInnis) had plagiarism problems. Now it turns out Mayes made up stories about his past, and has lost credibility.
Looks like Independent (Tancredo, Repub running as 3rd party) has the best shot to win Governor and I’ll be voting for him. Unfortunately Mayes’ (R) will drain away needed votes. The Democrat (Hickenlooper) should have lost but got lucky. We’ll see...
I voted for Maes too in the primary but I am so done with him now.
Go Tom, GO!!!!!!
That would be a great scenario, but I doubt Dan Maes will ever do the decent thing--he doesn't seem to have it in him. I'm voting for Tancredo. The Republicans are essentially the third party for this particular race.
A whole series of things have come out about Maes. The latest was he had on his website that he was an undercover policeman in Liberal, Kansas (some name, huh?) helping the Kansas Bureau of Investigation track illegal activity. Turns out not only was it not true, he had actually been fired from his job as a town cop.
It’s too late now for the Repubs. It was pushing it, but Maes had until 5 tonight to drop out so another candidate could jump in. Maes is in it for himself. Tancredo is the man.
I voted for McInnis only because I thought he would probably do the right thing and drop out after the primary. I knew Maes wouldn’t since he owed the party nothing. Tancredo was my congressman and I really don’t like his grandstanding, but I guess I’m forced to vote for him.
I do hope that next time folks realize that a candidate needs to have more qualification than being an outsider. By the time the Founders were in positions of power they had proven themselves as statesmen.
What a sorry day in Colorado politics.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/01/dan-maess-undercover-poli_n_701733.html
I won’t give up to support him. If you read the story line by line, it seems no one wants to back up their story. Clearly, that tells you some one tries to push him out.
That’s just my opinion.
“Looks like most of the GOP establishment will go for Tancredo now”
Maybe. Hugh Hewitt is wringing his hands over this as he will not support Tancredo. Hugh represents the Republican Party ruling class so you can get and idea of their thinking. Hugh was really distraught over Arizona bill SB1070 when it first came out just to show his mindset. Now he is on board when everything is going OK.
I actually joked about running for governor of Colorado. Now I wish I had.
“Hugh represents the Republican Party ruling class so you can get and idea of their thinking. Hugh was really distraught over Arizona bill SB1070 when it first came out just to show his mindset.”
Agreed. Hewitt is a pompous buffoon.
Been supplying Chicago and Detroit since the 30's
I refuse to vote for Tancredo. I am sick and tired of hearing people say he is the “true conservative” in the race.
NO he isn’t!! He voted for TARP, the auto bailout and broke many promises. He was my Congressman and goes to my church. He is only in it for himself, he couldn’t cut it following the rules so he made his own up at the expense of our state. He should have run in the primary but he didn’t because he would not have won. He is arrogant and egotistical.
I did vote for Maes in the primary, I will NOT take an article from the liberal Denver Post as truth yet. The KBI Director was not the same one as when Maes claims he cooperated. Maes just said today on the radio that he never claimed to work directly for KBI, he never claimed to be a paid informant for KBI, he still stands by the fact that he was a police officer asked to provide and pass information to KBI on an organization/person and that he did it.
I will withhold judgement until Maes provides his HR file from Liberal, KS. He stated today that he has submitted the requested paperwork for the records and is waiting for them to approve it and provide him his HR file. He also stated that as soon as his taxes are completed and filed for 2009, they will be made public but he still has 4 weeks until they are due and his accountant is working on them.
If Dan doesn’t or refuses to provide the information to clear up these rumors than I will take it as an admission of guilt but if he does and it proves he didn’t lie, then everyone owes him an apology.
I am sick of hearing that he could have done the honorable thing by dropping out. No one would even be considering the idea of him dropping out if Tancredo wasn’t in the race as a 3rd party. It is Tancredo that is dishonoring himself.
I also thing the state GOP is going to deeply regret backing Tancredo. Nationally we will never win elections with this pattern emerging with Crist, Tancredo and still possibly Murkowski (ie.. abandon your party but that party will still support you and bankroll you while ditching a loyal candidate who stayed with the party). Yes, this is a pattern the GOP should encourage. The precedent is now set.
Tancredo wasn’t in Congress when TARP was voted on.
Looks like Independent (Tancredo, Repub running as 3rd party) has the best shot to win Governor and I’ll be voting for him. Unfortunately Mayes’ (R) will drain away needed votes. The Democrat (Hickenlooper) should have lost but got lucky. We’ll see...
You sum it up pretty well. I was going to vote for Maes but now it’s Tancredo. I don’t think Hickenlooper will get as many votes as expected....but we can never underestimate the Rats.
STATEMENT BY COLORADO REPUBLICAN CHAIRMAN DICK WADHAMS ON THE CANDIDACY OF DAN MAES FOR GOVERNOR
I am very disappointed in the decision by Dan Maes to continue his candidacy for governor.
Revelations before and especially after the August 10th primary have raised serious questions about the veracity of how he has presented his professional background and career and have virtually destroyed any possibility of running a viable campaign.
The only way Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper could win this election for governor is by being handed the kind of race he was today by Dan Maes and Tom Tancredo. The bad news for Colorado Democrats is that their candidates across Colorado are very endangered in every other competitive race.
Colorado Republicans have outstanding candidates for the state legislature across the state in competitive races and we are committed to electing majorities in both houses. While John Hickenlooper might fluke his way into the governor’s office, a Republican controlled legislature will confront his desire to continue the failed Ritter agenda of raising taxes and destroying jobs.
Colorado Republicans are firmly committed to the election of Ken Buck as U.S. Senator over the accidental senator, Michael Bennet. We will reelect John Suthers as Attorney General and also elect Scott Gessler as Secretary of State and Walker Stapleton as State Treasurer.
Congressmen Doug Lamborn and Mike Coffman will be reelected and we have strong candidates in the other five congressional districts. In fact, recent public polls show Scott Tipton leading John Salazar in the Third District, Cory Gardner leading Betsy Markey in the Fourth District, and Ryan Frazier over Ed Perlmutter in the Seventh District. Dr. Mike Fallon and Stephen Bailey are running spirited campaigns in the First and Second Districts respectively.
I am proud to stand with Ken Buck, John Suthers, Scott Gessler, Walker Stapleton, Doug Lamborn, Mike Coffman, Mike Fallon, Stephen Bailey, Scott Tipton, Cory Gardner, Ryan Frazier, and our outstanding candidates for the state legislature.
Thanks, everyone, for the info.
STATEMENT BY COLORADO REPUBLICAN CHAIRMAN DICK WADHAMS ON THE CANDIDACY OF DAN MAES FOR GOVERNOR
I am very disappointed in the decision by Dan Maes to continue his candidacy for governor.
Revelations before and especially after the August 10th primary have raised serious questions about the veracity of how he has presented his professional background and career and have virtually destroyed any possibility of running a viable campaign.
The only way Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper could win this election for governor is by being handed the kind of race he was today by Dan Maes and Tom Tancredo. The bad news for Colorado Democrats is that their candidates across Colorado are very endangered in every other competitive race.
Colorado Republicans have outstanding candidates for the state legislature across the state in competitive races and we are committed to electing majorities in both houses. While John Hickenlooper might fluke his way into the governor’s office, a Republican controlled legislature will confront his desire to continue the failed Ritter agenda of raising taxes and destroying jobs.
Colorado Republicans are firmly committed to the election of Ken Buck as U.S. Senator over the accidental senator, Michael Bennet. We will reelect John Suthers as Attorney General and also elect Scott Gessler as Secretary of State and Walker Stapleton as State Treasurer.
Congressmen Doug Lamborn and Mike Coffman will be reelected and we have strong candidates in the other five congressional districts. In fact, recent public polls show Scott Tipton leading John Salazar in the Third District, Cory Gardner leading Betsy Markey in the Fourth District, and Ryan Frazier over Ed Perlmutter in the Seventh District. Dr. Mike Fallon and Stephen Bailey are running spirited campaigns in the First and Second Districts respectively.
I am proud to stand with Ken Buck, John Suthers, Scott Gessler, Walker Stapleton, Doug Lamborn, Mike Coffman, Mike Fallon, Stephen Bailey, Scott Tipton, Cory Gardner, Ryan Frazier, and our outstanding candidates for the state legislature.
(Sorry about the duplicate post above; but I got a weird error message on the first one.)
Now we’ll see how many Maes voters get a clue and go for Tancredo.
The Tea Party movement has survived for over 230 years and will continue to do so. Freedom’s spirit will always survive and refine itself.
“Hugh Hewitt is wringing his hands over this as he will not support Tancredo. Hugh represents the Republican Party ruling class so you can get and idea of their thinking.”
Hewitt was on for about five minutes in my town. I remember him screaming at conservatives over Harriett Miers. The guy is a Rino and represents what got us here.
I supported Tancredo for President in 2008 (Yes, I was the one!), so I’d certainly be euphoric if he could get elected governor.
Alas, I’m sure the MSM will portray his as the love child of David Duke and Joseph Goebbels, so he probably doesn’t have much of a chance....but he’s about the most principled conservative around. Unfortunately, he’s not a terribly compelling speaker with a halting, choppy way of talking.
But he’s a true patriot.
Hank
No one can fully vet a canadit.
I listened to him on a drive through Chicago, and he was calling Hayworth supporters crazy, and said that Arizona needed to vote for McCain.
Yeah, that should work. ;’)
There is nothing wrong with the Tea Party Movement.
The ideals are formative to this country today, they simply lack a rigor to the presentation of “their” candidates.
Pretty much. He's a "big tent" guy. He's had moments, but he's a lawyer.
Of course you are correct. The doom and gloom naysayers can’t seem to get it through their heads the TP is a movement, a belief and not a political Party such as the Republicans or Democrats.
Dan Maes = DeDe Suzzyfuzzy or whatever the hell her name was.
I supported Tancredo for President in 2004—and he wasn't even running. At the time, I was living in a town in California that was in the process of being annexed by Mexico and I phoned up his office and told them he should run for president. Four years later he finally took my advice.
Whether Maes is a RINO is uncertain. He represents himself as a conservative; but in my conversations with him, he strikes me as a control freak who would not like constraints on his powers. This is the only evidence I've seen of a progressive mindset.
But this isn't the problem many of us have with him, anyway. My observation is that he exhibits stupidity and viciousness on a level I have not seen before in any Republican candidate for any office.
Tancredo’s so-called stubbornness in refusing to abandon a third party bid is now beginning to look like a stroke of genius. The GOP establishment could do a hell of a lot worse than throwing their support behind Tancredo.
Tancredo for Governor.
Let’s all send him some money and let him put together a serious, well financed campaign.
Dan Maes = DeDe Suzzyfuzzy or whatever the hell her name was.
Whether Maes is a RINO is uncertain. He represents himself as a conservative; but in my conversations with him, he strikes me as a control freak who would not like constraints on his powers. This is the only evidence I’ve seen of a progressive mindset.
But this isn’t the problem many of us have with him, anyway. My observation is that he exhibits stupidity and viciousness on a level I have not seen before in any Republican candidate for any office.
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I was thinking more along the lines of a republican candidate with zero chance of winning, which causes the third candidate in the race having to convince party loyalists that he is the only opportunity remaining to prevent a democrat from winning.
“That would be a great scenario, but I doubt Dan Maes will ever do the decent thing—he doesn’t seem to have it in him. I’m voting for Tancredo. The Republicans are essentially the third party for this particular race.”
This is one of the WEIRDEST scenarios in the country. Kudos to Buck for being decisive. I think that’ll help him. Go Tancredo - a Conservative Party Governor mebbe?
“I do hope that next time folks realize that a candidate needs to have more qualification than being an outsider. By the time the Founders were in positions of power they had proven themselves as statesmen.
What a sorry day in Colorado politics.”
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Right! If you think about it - this is the kind of mindset that allowed a good number of our neighbors to justify oblamer’s election - ‘post-racial’, ‘post-partisan’ ‘hope and change’ - and was that enough? NO way!
It’s time we really VETTED our candidates. We Conservatives and we Republicans of all people should know this.
I will say this - it doesn’t help that the press in this country is in sorry shape - and doesn’t do their jobs. We need to do this work (almost) independently.
“Tancredo for Governor.
Let’s all send him some money and let him put together a serious, well financed campaign.”
This is a bit like NY23 for the State of Colorado.
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