[BillyBoy]

It was more than just Buck being the self-appointed "Tea Party candidate". I don't recall specifically where her track record was squishy, but there were some legitimate concerns about Norton's views, and she was being groomed by John McCain as her "mentor" like Meg Whitman, so it alarmed a lot of people on FR. Initially I initially confused Jane Norton with that insane RINO Gale Norton since they were both from Colorado and the headlines just said "Lt. Gov. Norton to run for U.S. Senate."

Obviously, Jane Norton is far better than Gale Norton and in hindsight would have probably won while that idiot Buck lost. But my position at the time was that Norton was simply the lesser of two evils, and I don't think it's changed much. I would have held my nose for Norton to stop crappy "Tea Party" candidate Buck from winning. (like I just did in yesterday's gubernatorial candidate when we had to pick from 3 mediocre "not Rauner's" to try and stop Rauner from getting it)

[Impy]

Initially I initially confused Jane Norton with that insane RINO Gale Norton

Ah, me too, now I now why I'm confused, I've conflated them. Totally forget there were 2 Nortons.