Colorado Caucus Predictions

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For us non-Coloradans, how does this work? Apparently a candidate has to get a threshhold percentage of caucus votes or they have to spend an extra half-million to be placed on the primary ballot? Otherwise its a beauty pageant/organization builder that grants bragging rights to the winners, right?

I'm not surprised Romanoff is beating Bennett here. He's running from Bennett's left as the darling of the darling of the activists and netroots crowd. Which are exactly the type of people most likely to show up to vote in a nonbinding party caucus.

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I'm glad Romanoff won, since that might improve his prospects in the primary. Why do many Teabaggers hate Norton so much? She is trying to be as conservative as possible. Isn't that what they want? I mean, she called Social Security a Ponzi scheme. That's 1930s conservatism for you.

Clearly not good enough. These nuts want 1830's conservatism.

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Wow, Norton lost

Similar to the Democratic Caucus results, this shouldn't be a surprise given the format gives a huge advantage to the activist wing, which tends to be the more extreme members of each party. Under those circumstances it shouldn't be surprising given Norton's position as the establishment supported and--I'll say "less conservative" rather than "moderate"--candidate that she would come up short here. The fact she (and to a lesser extent, Bennett) made it so close is more a sign of organizational strength, though she's obviously far from having the nomination wrapped up.