Posted on 08/27/2019 6:01:33 PM PDT by george76
DENVER — A decision by national Democrats to throw their support behind John Hickenlooper in Colorado’s U.S. Senate race sparked an intense email discussion among state Democratic Party officers over the weekend, with allusions to Nazism, criticisms of Hickenlooper and calls for formal opposition.
The emails offer a window into an intraparty conflict that is sure to spill out in public for weeks and months to come as Democrats debate who should be their nominee to take on Republican Sen. Cory Gardner.
Hickenlooper has made it clear that he neither understands nor cares about the true problems in our country,” wrote Dana Torpey-Newman, chair of the Douglas County Democratic Party, “and I object to being told that I, as a party chair, am unable to take sides in a primary, but the DSCC … is able to put a thumb on the scale and force out our candidates who actually comprehend the deeper roots of the societal problems we face.”
On Friday, a day after the former Colorado governor and Denver mayor joined the Senate race , the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee formally endorsed him over 11 other Democratic candidates in the contest to face Gardner
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We dodged a bullet he dropped out and didn’t take Gabbard on VP for 2020.
“Colorado allows Republicans and Independents to vote in Dem primary (and vice versa).”
only unafilliateds ( Independents ) get to choose which primary they want to vote in in Colorado ...
I’m already registered Unafilliated, but it would be a great strategy for as many Republicans as possible to temporarily change their registration to Unafilliated well in advance of the primaries to vote for the most insane Dem candidates ...
and changing is extremely easy because it can be done online via the SecState website ... I do it all the time here:
https://www.sos.state.co.us/voter/pages/pub/home.xhtml
you can also choose which primary ballot you want ... not sure if there are any deadlines about party switching prior to the primary though ...
Colorado Democrat politicians are like any other red/corrupt and insane rats.
I think I’ll just sit back and enough them tearing each other apart in an act I’ll call “Rocky Mountain High” flight, burn and crash.
*** LICKENPOOPER ***
FIFY
Well, Hi-Hi-Hiiiikenlooper didn’t have a chance in hell of getting the nomination, so there was no bullet to dodge.
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