[ScottinVA]

Man up, Maes. Do the right thing.

[Westbrook]

Isn’t Maes a faux tea party candidate? A poseur?

[GeronL]

This independent run is the fault of the Bush administration which labeled him a “traitor” for not supporting amnesty.

[Parley Baer]

“Tancredo also dismissed the new Sarah Palin branch of the GOP.”

Now that is probably a mistake. I would bet it is that branch of the party who is supporting you Tom. You need to be paying better attention.

[Defiant]

I hope the Republican drops out. Would be a shame to lose that one.

This race is a warning to the GOP of what will be if they don't shape up this time. They will be a minority party, and something else will replace it. They will split votes for a time, but in the end, they will be gone. I hope that the GOP wises up first, because these are dangerous times and we can't afford to lose any elections.

[keepitreal]

Tancredo ought to be careful. The majority of the important republican figures in CO have backed him, despite the fact that if Maes pull less than 10% of the vote, it puts the entire slate of republican candidates in future elections into a bad situation with ballot position and fundraising limits. The party can't removed Maes - he won the primary. They're really stuck with him and have barely supported him.

Important republicans have backed Tancredo, despite the cost to all republicans candidates in the future. They have done it for the good of the state, and Tancredo should be grateful for their support. It is going to take republicans to put Tancredo over the top and she should be somewhat humble about it (hard for him). I'm supporting Tancredo, but don't like this divisive talk.

[Regulator]

He wasn't "mocking" the Republican Party, he was mocking Maes.

He's pointing out that he isn't the one embarrassing the party, Maes is.

Tancredo has promised to appoint Republicans to his administration, which will be Republican in everything but name.

Except that they won't come from the screwed up, McCain dominated RINO establishment in Colorado, they'll be the Republican base, the people who populate the Tea Party rallies, and pray that someone gets elected who isn't planning on turning into a money grubbing Democrat once in office.

[MEGoody]

Like it or not, Maes won the nomination. Tancredo needs to be careful about being too smug. That could lose him some votes.

[CharlesWayneCT]

I still don’t understand how ONE candidate running for ONE office in the state could get the party moved to minority status. Isn’t there other statewide offices with republican candidates?

I just feel that they keep saying that to try to talk republicans into voting for the republican. Because if it’s true, it is a really stupid way to judge a political party.

[politicket]

Good 'ol Tom Tancredo...

He voted not once, but TWICE for the $700+ Billion dollar TARP bill.

He voted FOR the Patriot Act.

I supported him a lot in the earlier years when he was my Congressman in Colorado's 6th CD.

I wouldn't vote for him to be dog-catcher now.