Colorado Megathread: Buck-ing the trend

[publicunofficial]

If Gardner wants to run on being a SoCon in Colorado, where the GOP's biggest problem is being to socially conservative, then he should go right ahead.

Only slightly less stupid than your "It seems no one besides hacks care about this Kathleen Kane story" comment.

I'm sorry, Sen. Ken Buck and Gov. Tom Tancredo clearly prove me wrong on this. And don't forget current Rep. Marilyn Musgrave!

[Keystone Phil]

If Gardner wants to run on being a SoCon in Colorado, where the GOP's biggest problem is being to socially conservative, then he should go right ahead.

Only slightly less stupid than your "It seems no one besides hacks care about this Kathleen Kane story" comment.

I'm sorry, Sen. Ken Buck and Gov. Tom Tancredo clearly prove me wrong on this. And don't forget current Rep. Marilyn Musgrave!

That proves that social conservatism is the GOP's biggest problem? Every person you named had a history of making idiotic, extreme statements. That doesn't mean social conservatism in general is the party's biggest problem. You really struggle with the simple things, dude.

[windjammer]

If Gardner wants to run on being a SoCon in Colorado, where the GOP's biggest problem is being to socially conservative, then he should go right ahead.

Only slightly less stupid than your "It seems no one besides hacks care about this Kathleen Kane story" comment.

I'm sorry, Sen. Ken Buck and Gov. Tom Tancredo clearly prove me wrong on this. And don't forget current Rep. Marilyn Musgrave!

That proves that social conservatism is the GOP's biggest problem? Every person you named had a history of making idiotic, extreme statements. That doesn't mean social conservatism in general is the party's biggest problem. You really struggle with the simple things, dude.

Social conservatism is the GOP's biggest problem in Colorado. If the CO republican party nominated people with fiscal conservative and social moderate views, they would probably this state easily.
The personhood amendment failed badly in Colorado: 30-70, something like that.

[RogueBeaver]

Interesting look at the fracking saga.

[publicunofficial]

If Gardner wants to run on being a SoCon in Colorado, where the GOP's biggest problem is being to socially conservative, then he should go right ahead.

Only slightly less stupid than your "It seems no one besides hacks care about this Kathleen Kane story" comment.

I'm sorry, Sen. Ken Buck and Gov. Tom Tancredo clearly prove me wrong on this. And don't forget current Rep. Marilyn Musgrave!

That proves that social conservatism is the GOP's biggest problem? Every person you named had a history of making idiotic, extreme statements. That doesn't mean social conservatism in general is the party's biggest problem. You really struggle with the simple things, dude.

In Colorado it is. I'm curious as to what you think it is because so far your replies have been "NO IT ISN'T SHUT UP IDIOT ".

[sg0508]

The CO GOP has always been very, very conservative on the social front.  The problem is, the state moved left very quickly in that regard and now, the GOP got caught with it's pants down. It's too far right and the base of the party there has to nominate social conservatives because that's all they have. Of course, they keep losing.

[Anti Democrat Democrat Club]

If Gardner wants to run on being a SoCon in Colorado, where the GOP's biggest problem is being to socially conservative, then he should go right ahead.

Only slightly less stupid than your "It seems no one besides hacks care about this Kathleen Kane story" comment.

I'm sorry, Sen. Ken Buck and Gov. Tom Tancredo clearly prove me wrong on this. And don't forget current Rep. Marilyn Musgrave!

That proves that social conservatism is the GOP's biggest problem? Every person you named had a history of making idiotic, extreme statements. That doesn't mean social conservatism in general is the party's biggest problem. You really struggle with the simple things, dude.

In Colorado it is. I'm curious as to what you think it is because so far your replies have been "NO IT ISN'T SHUT UP IDIOT ".

Phil has a point here. If Musgrave survived 2008, she'd be being lampooned with Bachmann, King, and Gohmert right no, Buck is someone who literally blamed a woman for being raped, and Tancredo is essentially a white nationalist. To be blunt, they aren't socons. They're a loon, a rape apologist, and a white supremacist. A sane socon can win here if the climate reaches 2010-esque proportions.

[Keystone Phil]

If Gardner wants to run on being a SoCon in Colorado, where the GOP's biggest problem is being to socially conservative, then he should go right ahead.

Only slightly less stupid than your "It seems no one besides hacks care about this Kathleen Kane story" comment.

I'm sorry, Sen. Ken Buck and Gov. Tom Tancredo clearly prove me wrong on this. And don't forget current Rep. Marilyn Musgrave!

That proves that social conservatism is the GOP's biggest problem? Every person you named had a history of making idiotic, extreme statements. That doesn't mean social conservatism in general is the party's biggest problem. You really struggle with the simple things, dude.

In Colorado it is. I'm curious as to what you think it is because so far your replies have been "NO IT ISN'T SHUT UP IDIOT ".

Phil has a point here. If Musgrave survived 2008, she'd be being lampooned with Bachmann, King, and Gohmert right no, Buck is someone who literally blamed a woman for being raped, and Tancredo is essentially a white nationalist. To be blunt, they aren't socons. They're a loon, a rape apologist, and a white supremacist. A sane socon can win here if the climate reaches 2010-esque proportions.

Thank you.

[RogueBeaver]

Udall buying $560k of ads over the next 3 weeks.

[windjammer]

No, sorry Sawx but I disagree with you. Buck made some gaffes, but he's definitely not Akin. He's just an extremely social conservative who didn't support abortion in case of rep. During his campaign, he didn't make an Akin comment (he would have lost by a much bigger margin).

The CO republican party definitely needs to moderate itself socially, ending their opposition to same sex marriage, and being much less pro-life, if they want to win in a neutral year.

[RogueBeaver]

Biden will fundraise for Udall in Denver 3 weeks from now.

[windjammer]

Didn't Buck compare homosexuality to alcoholism at some point?

It's much more a far right social conservative comment than an Akin comment.

Coburn too has made some homophobic comments. Is he Todd Akin? No

[RogueBeaver]

Energy still a top issue.

[RogueBeaver]

As goes Jefferson, so goes the state.

[RogueBeaver]

Chamber reserving airtime for Gardner. Rubio appears in one of those ads.

[windjammer]

Chamber reserving airtime for Gardner. Rubio appears in one of those ads.

Not sure it's a good idea to make an ad with Rubio haha.

[RogueBeaver]

More on fracking's impact, plus intra-Dem battles and the possibility of Steyer's intervention.

[windjammer]

http://www.lcv.org/elections/research/may2014cosenpoll.pdf
Udall +4.
Important divide between men and women, as usual.
Still many undecided. But more democrats undecided than republicans.
My rating for this race is still toss up, tilt D.

[RogueBeaver]

AFP dropping $150k of Senate ads over 10 days.

[RogueBeaver]

$216k of Senate Majority PAC ads.

[RogueBeaver]

$2.3 million of ads from Crossroads between June and August.

[RogueBeaver]

$1.7 million of NRSC ads in the fall.

[RogueBeaver]

Bidens to fundraise for Udall.

[RogueBeaver]

NFIB endorses Gardner.

[RogueBeaver]

Udall has called for Shinseki's resignation.