Posted on 04/11/2022 1:15:02 PM PDT by cotton1706
Election integrity was the clear winner of the Colorado Republican Party’s Assembly and Convention this weekend, while Kristi Burton Brown’s establishment had their delusions of “normal” shattered in spectacular fashion.
The State event was held Friday at the Hilton Doubletree and Saturday at the Broadmoor World Arena in Colorado Springs and, based on this year’s local caucuses and assemblies I expected to see drama.
I wasn’t disappointed.
Friday began early with delegates arriving prior to 7am to obtain credentials and vote for their preferred candidates in the Congressional District assemblies.
Lauren Boebert swept CD3, which was not surprising given that she is favored by grassroots conservatives for her rhetoric. In a way, Boebert showed the people of Colorado what was possible in 2020, and she is still beloved across the state despite her absolute silence on the issues her constituents care about most.
In a shock to CD4 delegates, Bob Lewis – a completely unknown candidate to those of us in CD4 – was nominated from the floor to primary Ken Buck, also known as Ken–Dominion-is-the-gold-standard-and-everything-is-awesome-with-our-elections–Buck.
Lewis took 62% of the vote and will appear ahead of Buck on the primary ballot. As a CD4 voter who (for shame!) voted and advocated for Buck in 2018 and 2020, I cannot believe that I missed Buck’s electoral faceplant. I didn’t arrive until Friday evening, when those of us who value integrity enthusiastically toasted the outcome.
Current State Representative Dave Williams secured the top of the ticket in his challenge of incumbent CD5 representative Doug Lamborn. Lamborn decided to sit out the assembly process due to the fact that he is deeply unpopular with Republicans in his district.
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“...despite her absolute silence on the issues her constituents care about most. “
Is there a list of those?
This needs to happen everywhere.
We can’t keep re-electing Bush League Republicans and expecting them to not assist the Democrats.
That’s what they are, Assistant Democrats.
That’s Ministry of Propaganda lies, she has been pretty outspoken and that’s why people trust her.
Is her seat still safe? (redistricting)
She’s got my vote.
Unfortunately, the "grass roots" forgot that you have to get elected before you can fix anything.
Turning off Colorado's 43% Unaffiliated voters before the Primary is NOT the way to win.
The key is to mention the importance of Election Integrity, but NOT make it the cornerstone of the campaign.
By ignoring Election Integrity they infuriated the grass roots.
I can live with this. I think the gun is too low for her arm length, but she has to do the drawing, not me.
not guilty....
That’s a nice looking family Lauren Boebert has:
https://www.walikali.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Lauren-Boebert-3-768x672.jpg
Republican women are pretty. Democrat women look like Rosa DeLauro, Patty Murray, Dianne Feinstein, Hillary, Zoe Lofgren, Maxine Waters (ugh!), ...
“Is her seat still safe? (redistricting)”
The new district is, in Charlie Cook’s notation, R+8.
It was R+6 in 2020 so redistricting made it slightly better for her but R+8 is hardly “safe”. Nancy Pelosi’s D+26 district is safe; this one isn’t.
Even if this district was R+50 it still wouldn’t be safe for Boebert. Democrats are already organizing a dirty-tricks campaign in which Democrats will cross over (a la “Operation Chaos” in large numbers and vote in the Republican primary for Boebert’s opponent, Don Coram. Liberals can live with a presumable squish like Coram winning in November, as long they win big in the primary by ousting an outspoken conservative.
Not all Democrat dirty tricks work and the probability of this succeeding is low, but it’s far from impossible.
My first thought as well.
Actually, that location is almost perfect for her; just about relaxed arm length and the holster will be well out of the way for a fast draw.
Agreed 110%.
Good analysis, and correct. Boebert is safish, however, she needs all of us to turn out.
She’s so not guilty!
Haha! Yep, I wish her all the best.
I can see that but too many times I have had “coworkers” who had their holster at fingertip on handle length. The lean to draw actually took time and slowed them down. I always kept mine at palm length and as soon as the tip was free I was swiveling and firing.
The first shot was sometimes a miss, but it made the other guy think about something else, giving me time to get my site picture.
On the range I was already in the direction of the silhouette and seldom, if ever, missed the target on the first or second shot.
I would rather have my palm solidly on the pistol rather than reaching with my fingertips.
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