Romney Wins By Only Eight Votes (video); Santorum "Surges From Behind"

by: peacemonger

Wed Jan 04, 2012 at 06:17:47 AM MST

(Weinergate may soon be topped here, folks. If you have no idea why these are funny, google the definition of Santorum.)

But, what does all this mean?

1. Obama for America is giddy from the possibility they may only have to beat a pro-life Tea Party candidate. Then again, Iowa remains a deeply socially conservative rural state, and what happens in Iowa might just stay in Iowa.

2. Ron Paul is so close, he is the real story here. Young white males flock to him like flies on soda cans, and both the GOP and Obama will have to deal with that reality. In my experience as a progressive with an extensive network, Ron Paul also appeals to many young males who formerly voted for Obama, as well. The power of the anti-war platform cannot be underestimated.

The military-industrial complex power brokers will be launching a war against Ron Paul to save their puppet, Romney. Paul won't know what hit him because they will do it in the shadows.

3. Gingrich "has a rusty knife" and based on last night's speech, fully intends to use it against Mitt Romney. This could get very interesting.

I gave up watching my alma mater play an important game last night (Michigan football) because the real game was in Iowa. The "clown car" race keeps getting more and more interesting everyday.

The Caucus System A Good Thing.

by: GMFORD

Tue Jul 26, 2011 at 09:52:17 AM MST

Recently I've come to realize the caucus serves a really important service by winnowing out the fringe candidates, narrowing the field down to truly viable ones. When CA had the recall election for governor, there were at least 25 names to choose from on the ballot, split between Dems and Reps. Most of the names were not familiar to me or to anyone I talked to.

I, and everyone I know, ended up voting for Schwarzenneger(sp?) because we recognized him and knew that he was pretty moderate for a Republican. For all we knew, any Democrat we chose might have been completely crazy or have ethical problems. Better to choose the devil that we knew.

That doesn't happen here in CO because of the caucuses. By the time the primary election comes around, the field has narrowed down to only two or three best. The extra time between caucus and primary allows all of them to make their case for election.

So, even though not everyone can participate in the caucuses, they help us pick the best candidates.  I've decided they are a good thing.

Poor CO-5 and CO-6

by: Fong

Fri Jul 23, 2010 at 07:36:30 AM MST

I bet you can guess which ones they are and where they're from :D!!!

YES, it's Mike Coffman and Doug Lamborn from CO-6 and CO-5 respectively.

Usually a caucus effort is to rally and organize a message and a plan. But what could it possibly be? Is it yelling the word socialist louder? Maybe they'll revive the "M" word like it's something to fight about. Perhaps they could rail against "government interference" while being members of the government AND interfering with things like the census which Bachmann told her constituents to not fill out and then the moron changed her tune when someone told her that would put her job at risk.

As of now, it's just a nasty show of misguided whiteys.

Here's Bachmann on FOXNEWS Van Susteren's show talking about the hot caucus.

Here's the list of 40 teabagging caucus lovers from Bachmann's website

Tide turns as Undecideds go to Romanoff

by: wade norris

Sat Apr 10, 2010 at 17:54:47 PM MST

Challenger Andrew Romanoff won more major caucus victories in Colorado's U.S. Senate race Saturday, taking large margins over incumbent Michael Bennet in urban county assemblies.

Romanoff, former speaker of thhttp://www.squarestate.net/newDiary.doe state House of Representatives, won in Arapahoe, Douglas, Boulder, El Paso and Pueblo counties, among others, in early reports from the largest gatherings. Many of Colorado's most populous counties met Saturday to elect delegates to the state Democratic convention in May.

(so much for the Spin that Romanoff's only stronghold was in Denver)

One point of note - Boulder and El Paso Assemblies had formerly been for Bennet, but today switched to Romanoff.

Caucus Results And Questions

by: Fong

Wed Mar 17, 2010 at 05:00:00 AM MST

The constellation of GOP numbers [.pdf] makes things interesting. Cleve Tidwell is out (not so interesting, but maybe now we can have some closure). Tea Partyboy Ken Buck and "old guard Jane" Norton are in a dead heat with over a third of the vote each. Former State Senator Tom Wiens doesn't have to petition onto the ballot with 16%.  

Quick! Some Things Before Caucus!

by: Fong

Tue Mar 16, 2010 at 16:30:25 PM MST

There are a few things you can do at your caucus that I think you might want to know about.

First, Colorado Political Institute is doing live coverage and you can contribute by tweeting bits of caucus with #caucusCO in your tweets. Watch the coverage in the above link.  

Second, there is a resolution Democrats Rep. Andy Kerr, Senator John Morse, and Speaker of the House Terrance Carroll are encouraging people to propose at their caucuses.

From the video

We therefore call on the Colorado General Assembly to restore the legal rights to Colorado's largest consumer group: homeowners