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GOP AND Tea Party Leaders: Daniel K. Maes, Will You Please Go Now!

Denver Post headline this evening: “Maes loses support from GOP, grassroots; vows to stay in race”: …Hank Brown, a former U.S. senator and former University of Colorado president, withdrew his endorsement, setting off a domino effect not only among prominent Republicans, but Maes’ core, grassroots base. Tea Party leaders across the state today said in [...]

If Only Bennet’s Campaign Ad Were True

The very idea of privatizing the Social Security ponzi scheme or eliminating the utterly useless Dept. of Education is now considered taboo. It's actually quite unfortunate that Ken Buck doesn't support these ideas as the supposed champion of the GOP, Ronald Reagan, once did in his 1982 State of the Union speech.

Ed Perlmutter’s Case for Death Tax Makes Case for His Own Retirement

The WhoSaidYouSaid crew is on a roll of late. Witness the following footage of my soon-to-be-retired liberal Democratic Congressman Ed Perlmutter extolling the virtues of the death tax: In the new video Perlmutter explains his support of the death tax: We’re not into landed gentry. You know, just because my grandfather did well doesn’t mean [...]

An Inconvenient Truth About Congressional Bribes

The very funny comic, Pearls Before Swine, posted a political truth that most people seem to ignoring. Campaign contributions are the "official" way for lobbyists, corporations an unions to legally bribe legislators. If you want to end the excessiv...

Netflix Replaces Vacation Policy with Trust and Responsibility

The Telegraph is running a story about Netflix's rather unusual vacation policy ... or more to the point, lack of policy. At Netflix, the vacation policy is audaciously simple and simply audacious. Salaried employees can take as much time off as the...

Third Party Candidates Not Named Tom Tancredo

With Tom Tancredo’s entry into the Colorado governors race this year, third parties are getting more airtime and coverage than ever before. Joining host Jon Caldara on this week’s Devils Advocate are third party candidates for Colorado governor Jaimes Brown from the Libertarian Party and Jason Clark running as an Independent. What exactly is the purpose and goals of [...]

Tancredo: I will probably not get out of the race

Earlier this (Thursday) afternoon, while on the Caplis and Silverman radio show, Tom Tancredo said that his offer to get out of the governor’s race if Dan Maes gets out has expired and that he would likely stay in the race at this point even if Maes gets out. When asked if he’d exit the race if Maes gets out, Tancredo said “I can’t do it. That Rubicon has been crossed.”

In particular, Tancredo cited having raised a lot of money in a short time from many donors and the implicit and explicit verbal support accompanying the donations. Tancredo said he doesn’t see how he could drop out after the implied promise of a good-faith run for office which comes with accepting the donations.

While Tancredo didn’t absolutely rule out getting out of the race (as I hear him), when he was asked whether he would stay in if Maes got out even if it meant that a GOP replacement candidate such as Jane Norton would likely lose because of the split conservative vote, thus handing the election to John Hickenlooper, Tancredo said that “perhaps Jane should consider that” before deciding to get in the race, should the opening arise. Also, regarding the possibility of Jane being in the race, Tom said “let’s have at it.”

Tancredo was also feeling good after apparently doing well in the candidate debate at the Channel 12 studios earlier in the day. Talk show host Craig Silverman attended the debate and said on the air that he thought Tancredo won the debate and that Mayor Hickenlooper seemed like he didn’t really want to be there. Tancredo also said, when it came to explaining why he’s probably staying in the race no matter what, that “I kinda enjoy it.”

I surely hope that if Maes gets out, Tancredo will as well. If Maes gets out and Tancredo doesn’t, many Colorado Republicans will have a very difficult decision. I like Tom Tancredo, but if by some chain of minor miracles, we get Jane Norton as a replacement candidate for governor, I’ll certainly support Jane, believing she could possibly win even in a three-way race.

You can listen to the Tancredo interview HERE. (13.6 MB download) Start about 3:45 into the recording.

Link to Original post at Rossputin.com.

Open Thread: Should Dan Maes Withdraw?

Do you think Dan Maes should step aside as the Republican nominee for governor? Why or why not? If he did step aside, who do you think the vacancy committee should consider in his stead and why?

Clear The Bench Colorado Director Matt Arnold discusses the Colorado Supreme Court, retention elections, and replacing Chief Justice Mullarkey on SengCenter Radio tonight

Clear The Bench Colorado Director Matt Arnold discusses the impact of Colorado Supreme Court rulings leading to a massive expansion of government power (at the expense of YOUR constitutional rights) and vastly increased taxation (such as the “Mill Levy Tax Freeze” property tax increase, the “Dirty Dozen” tax increases and of course the Colorado Car Tax (er, “vehicle [...]

Maes Morphs Into McInnis

If Dan Maes' angry declarations that he will stay in the race, constant claims that his ethical problems are non-issues, and insistence that we all need to stop focusing on his past and instead on his future plans all seems oddly familiar; that's because we went through all of this very recently. Dan Maes has transformed into a mirror image of Scott McInnis as his campaign was unravelling.

It was exactly one month ago that Dan Maes savaged Scott McInnis in a debate: "You don't have positions. You don't stand for anything. You have no integrity. You have no character." (CBS 4)

Now, Dan Maes has revealed himself through his numerous lies and exaggerrations to be just as lacking in integrity and character as Scott McInnis. Maes' attempts to dismiss the fact that he apparently misrepresented his entire background echoes of McInnis' claims that his plagiarism scandal was a "non-issue."

Sadly, Maes will likely not step aside. He shows all the traits of running a self-centered, ego-driven campaign. Already, he is spinning the hemorrhaging of his support as an assault by insidious "power brokers" and casting himself as some sort of proletariat hero rising up against the oppressors. Make no mistake, Dan Maes has been abandoned by "party insiders" and grassroots alike. Tea Party group Hear Us Now has rescinded their endorsement of Maes. A group of 9.12 groups are set to meet with Maes this week over "concerns" about his campaign. This is the end of the line for Maes even if he refuses to accept it.