Here is my problem with this whole situation. As soon as CO had their mess during the last election that gave us Hickenlooper, the PTB ran to their comfort zone: we need to find an old fart who will unite us, one who people have fond memories of.
ENOUGH! Why aren’t we developing a crop of new candidates, people who will carry us into the future.
Two reasons I have this morning. One, we continue to turn our kids over to their indoctrination centers (public schools), weakening us every single generation a little bit more.
Next, we are too in love with the almighty dollar. That whole thought process could take us days to work through. But I see it on FR way too much. My schools are better (but not by much, incremental-ism is effective), and companies (not all) have flaunted stewardship to an extreme.
The difference between Tancredo, Beauprez and Gessler is this: the first two lost statewide (Tancredo, even as a 3rd party candidate, failed to get Hickenlooper below 50% in 2010. Beauprez’s run in 2006 was a similar fiasco against Auggie Ritter), but Gessler has won statewide as Secretary of State, and with more votes than Hickenlooper received in 2010. Gessler IS part of the new crop, and it’s a no-brainer now who should get the nomination. Unfortunately, we know how dumb the CO GOP is.