What Colorado Tea Party, 9.12 groups want to do at the caucuses

by Donald E. L. Johnson | 8:36 am, March 13, 2010 | Comments Off

Nancy Lofholm's Denver Post article, "Tea Party groups aim to storm caucuses, shake up system," looks like a fair and professionally reported story that Colorado conservatives will be reading today. That these groups are relatively unorganized and that their followers aren't contributing to candidates they support still looks like a big problem for those candidates. Gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes and U.S. Senate candidate Ken Buck have strong followings among these groups. But their fundraising and organization pales in comparison with gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis and Senate candidate Jane Norton. The caucuses won't decide who the Republican's candidates will be. The August 10 primary, where money and organization count, will pick the nominees. What seems important is that these groups already have won. They've made themselves heard, and they are making all conservative candidates sound more conservative than ever. Whether that will help Republicans win in November remains to be seen. At the momement, the Democrats are making conservative Republicans look very attractive to independents. And independents will decide the general elections.

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