A worn Maes makes last pitches as campaign clock runs out (25 show up to Maes Rally)

Denver Post ^ | 10/28/2010 | By Jessica Fender

[ironwill]

25 show up to a Dan Maes rally and they still think he can win?! The man is delusional and needs to drop out. Go Tancredo!

[Darkwolf377]

I have to admit, as someone watching this race from afar, Tancredo’s position is startling. I hope he wins, but I am surprised because this race got relatively little coverage from here in Massachusetts.

[pissant]

[cripplecreek]

LOL

That gong has been ringin for a while now.

[cherry]

can someone give a brief synopsis how Maes is in this condition?....what happened?

Isn't Tancredo pretty much conservative in many ways?...why do Tea Partyiers still stick up for a losing candidate this late in the game?

[BigEdLB]

Was Hugh Hewitt one of the 25?

[DaveyB]

When the votes are counted Maes will have garnered single digit support. The only question is if that is enough to give Hickinlooper the governorship. If Maes cares about Colorado, he will encourage all his supporters to vote Tancredo, but alas the reason he is polling in the single digits is the same reasons he will let his ego threaten Colorado.

[americanophile]

Agreed, I haven’t seen anything about it here in Cali either Darkwolf. Why is this man so unpopular?

[Mmogamer]

LOL him and that producer of his, and the interns.

[pissant]

He keeps seeing the ghost of Kitty Carlyle but can’t figger out why.

[Osage Orange]

So know...that would be a perfect CIA cover.

[nagdt]

I think Tancredo will win. It would be really really stupid for the few folks who support Maes to rally for ..what..5% of the vote?

They may as well stay home and pray to God the Dem doesn’t win.

[ironwill]

For those of you who don't understand why Dan Maes is so unpopular, you can visit Here for a good synopsis up to September 24th. Since then it's been discovered that he filed for bankruptcy when he was 29. Be sure to click on the links in the story for specific details of his gaffs and blunders.

[Uri’el-2012]

The Colorado Tea Party did not vet Dan Maes.

He is either a grifter or a Democrat Trojan Horse

[marron]

"This is not just about the governor's race anymore. It's about the future of the Republican Party."

If he cared about the party, and if he cared about Colorado he would endorse Tanc. There is still time.

[Wings-n-Wind]

Maes needs to do the right thing....

Even at this late hour; withdraw and endorse Tancredo...

Please don't surrender this seat to a Dhimmi-crat

[Cicero]

I think that the Democrats must be paying Maes off at this point to stay in the race. Otherwise, it’s hard to explain what reason he could possibly have to keep doing this.

[Darkwolf377]

Thank for the information, will check it out.

[r9etb]

can someone give a brief synopsis how Maes is in this condition?....what happened?

1. GOP favorite Scott McInnis was caught in a plagiarism scandal a couple of weeks prior to the primary.

2. Maes was a Tea Party favorite. Once McInnis imploded, that energy made Maes a shoe-in for the primary.

3. Reports begin to surface even before the primary that Maes had been less than candid about his resume.

4. After the primary, it became clear that Maes had outright lied about some of the things in his resume.

5. Maes also demonstrated a remarkable capacity to say the wrong things at the wrong time.

6. Tancredo begins making noises just before the primary, offering to step in as a savior. GOP refuses.

7. With McInnis out, and Maes imploding, Tancredo steps in as an independent. Republicans, hoping to distance themselves and the party from Maes, begin lining up behind Tancredo.

8. Hickenlooper relaxes and lets Maes and Tancredo tear each other up.

[darkangel82]

TPM is a lib site, but even they know that Maes was a disaster from the get-go.