Posted on 10/19/2010 9:44:27 AM PDT by Sakity Yaks
Colorado Republicans fear their party will become a minor party and lose fundraising advantages in the 2012 presidential election if its candidate for governor, tea party favorite Dan Maes, gets less than 10 percent of the vote on Nov. 2.
It's a stunning prospect for a party that has the largest number of registered voters in Colorado and is working hard to elect a Republican U.S. senator and regain at least one U.S. House seat this November.
"It probably will happen," said Republican state party chairman Dick Wadhams. "Voters are asking, 'Why would I waste my vote on Maes?'"...
Colorado law defines a minor party as having polled less than 10 percent of the vote in a gubernatorial election.
If Maes doesn't meet that threshold, Colorado would be the only state in the nation where Republicans are considered a minor party, according to the Republican National Committee....
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
Colorado Republicans need to dump their candidate and get behind Tancredo.
he is the Tea Party favorite over Tancredo?
mmmmmkay...
Wrong, you ego-maniac. Stop living in la-la land!
If the Republican party became a minor party, and the Constitution party became a major party, that would not be such a bad thing.
Vote for Tom. The Repuke is toast and the most dyed in the wool pubbie voter knows it.
Time for the RINO’s to vote conservative for once and leave party ID in the dust.
big DITTO!
I would think Tancredo would switch back to the pubs after the election.
What better message to send to the RINOs across America than this could happen to them as well if they stray too far from their platform?
I don’t know anything about Maes, but a “tea party favorite” would not be dragging down the pubbies this year.
I suspect the premise here is a lie designed to smear the tea party faithful.
I don’t know if he will switch back, but I believe he would govern as a very conservative Republican.
“Colorado Republicans fear governor candidate will cost them majority party status in state”
That’s the least of my concerns.
Top concern: electing conservatives (not Republicans).
Tancredo will make a great governor.
That's a platform I can stand behind!
/sarc
One hopes that the Republican establishment is getting the message which is being sent, loud and clear, from us here in Colorado. However, it is not for nothing that the GOP is called "The Stupid Party".
Yes, because Tancredo didn’t run in the Primary, like a dumb a**.
Example: Rather than making ballot order solely dependent on the results of the last governor's contest, make it a formula based on a combination of the governor's contest and the makeup of the state legislature.
Indeed. Colorado will be just fine under Tancredo. I don’t care what label they put on him, he’s a fine conservative. I’m not worried about him.
Maes on the other hand needs to go crawl back under one of the many rocks in the state.
“I suspect the premise here is a lie designed to smear the tea party faithful.”
Yup, you nailed it!
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