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GOP Gubers Open Thread

by: Fong

Wed Jul 14, 2010 at 11:20:06 AM MST

Republican Gubernatorial candidates Scott McInnis is doing his best to shirk his responsibility about a paper he wrote that was plagiarized, for which he received several hundred thousand dollars, and Dan Maes can't muster up the skills to lead an organization that can abide by the laws applicable to it.

Now the money from GOP donors will flow into the legislative races. Let's watch those Senate seats, eh?

Fong :: GOP Gubers Open Thread

Tags: Scott McInnis, Dan Maes, John Hickenlooper, GOP, Colorado, Governor race, gubernatorial, state senate, (All Tags)

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someone at Hick's office is opening the champagne

Without a strong governor's candidate to help unify the GOP, they are in for a world of hurt across the board. Sure Buck/Norton will be there to help, but it's one less player in their final effort.

Sorry Michael Bennet, but I'm a real person too

by: StrykerK2 @ Wed Jul 14, 2010 at 18:23:52 PM UTC

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I'm trying to not get my hopes too high

Hickenlooper needs to keep his head down and focus on being the best candidate he can be. We are relying on him to be the leader of the party Ritter never was.

Of course these scandals make the Hick campaign think we've nowhere else to go.

Wouldn't it be nice to have a race where the best comes from all the candidates and it's all legit? Why can't our systems produce that?

by: Melissa @ Wed Jul 14, 2010 at 18:51:50 PM UTC

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scandals are sexy?

like it or not, people want to see/read about the bad stuff. A candidate caught in even a minor scandal will get more press than a major policy announcement. It's a sad state of affairs in our media.

Sorry Michael Bennet, but I'm a real person too

by: StrykerK2 @ Wed Jul 14, 2010 at 18:56:39 PM UTC

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No press is not bad press?

by: Melissa @ Thu Jul 15, 2010 at 19:57:15 PM UTC

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The Hasan Foundation wants the $300,000 back from McInnis!

It looks like he didn't even cite a researcher!. Repubs are so corrupt.

by: OH!4CryingOutLoud @ Wed Jul 14, 2010 at 18:32:41 PM UTC

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They're finished.

This will never die and every time McInnis speaks with another lawyer, this will be the first thing on their mind.

I'm so happy his true colors are showing.

by: Melissa @ Wed Jul 14, 2010 at 18:45:22 PM UTC

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My wish

is that it would be Romanoff running for guv. I still think he would have made a good governor.

by: OH!4CryingOutLoud @ Wed Jul 14, 2010 at 19:01:38 PM UTC

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he'll make a better senator :)

Sorry Michael Bennet, but I'm a real person too

by: StrykerK2 @ Wed Jul 14, 2010 at 19:11:38 PM UTC

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He'd make a better Governor

and i'm not going to have this discussion ever again.

by: OH!4CryingOutLoud @ Thu Jul 15, 2010 at 00:06:05 AM UTC

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Part of this surprises me

The part where people seemingly had an expectation that Republicans had original thoughts of their own.

I mean, seriously?

by: WeatherDem @ Wed Jul 14, 2010 at 20:33:46 PM UTC

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ZING!

by: Fong @ Wed Jul 14, 2010 at 23:13:09 PM UTC

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The timing is really bad for the GOP

It's too close to the primary for the party bosses to force McInnis out and replace with him another primary contender. The best they can hope for is if McInnis beats Maes in the primary, then McInnis can drop out and the party bosses replace him with a more viable nominee.

So who would be the GOP nominee replacement?

If I had to narrow my potential guesses to one, it would be Bob Schaffer.

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"Honestly, I think we should just trust our president in every decision that he makes and we should just support that." --- Britney Spears, September 2003

by: Mucius Scaevola @ Thu Jul 15, 2010 at 03:03:31 AM UTC

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... him with ...

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"Honestly, I think we should just trust our president in every decision that he makes and we should just support that." --- Britney Spears, September 2003

by: Mucius Scaevola @ Thu Jul 15, 2010 at 03:04:01 AM UTC

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is doug bruce out on bond yet?

"I want to be governor...to eliminate the governorship"

by: Firewalker @ Thu Jul 15, 2010 at 16:12:20 PM UTC

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