[ironwill]

After reading this, is there any wonder Tancredo will be the next Governor of Colorado? Maes is a dishonest, lying cheat. Good thing he got found out before the election or Colorado would be in bad shape if he won.

[Joann37]

Let’s hope Maes ducks out and makes sure Tancredo gets his votes.

[Sakity Yaks]

The unfortunate thing is that this crap surfaced after it was too late for the GOP to get Maes’ name off the ballot. As a result, there’s a good chance that the 2010 Colorado ballot will have the Democratic Party and the Constitution Party in the two top slots, and the Republican Party mixed in somewhere down below with the Libertarian Party and the Green Party and the Socialist Workers’ Party and the Rent Is Too Damn High Party and the rest.

[truth_seeker]

Wasn’t Maes the Colorado Tea Party favorite?

Going into the future, the various TP entities need to do a much better job of vetting, prior to handing out endorsements.

Resources and methods do exist.

[14erClimb]

Just sent an e-mail to Maes urging him to drop out of the race.

[A.A. Cunningham]

Maes said the campaign doesn't have a credit card because it's a "cash and carry" operation.

The campaign employs Dewey, Cheatem and Howe as its accountants.

[MissTed]

I hope you're right, but listening to Peter Boyles show this morning (with George Brockner as host) a die-hard Maes supporter called in voicing his support for Maes. Party over person.

[DM1]

this race makes me want to frickin cry
it was a prime GOP pickup until this Tea Party nitwit won the nomination. Now we will not get the maximum return from this year’s “wave” election. The Tea Party endorsements had better go to better candidates in the future not just people who are “outsiders”. sometimes there is a reason these guys are left outside

[beaversmom]

I was listening to the fill in for Peter Boyles this morning. He was saying the guy that tried to get Tancredo off the ballot went to the Tancredo campaign trying to make a deal on Maes belalf. Something about Lt. Gov. if he got out. Tancredo’s people told him that was illegal to make a deal like that. Now this same person (Harrington?) is saying that CO would be better off if Hickenlooper wins. Maes is truly one despicable politician even for politician standards. He should be run out of town with a shitty mop if Tancredo loses.

[muawiyah]

Ordinarily candidates have to drop their principal occupations while campaigning ~ hence, it's generally legal to draw a salary and have expenses reimbursed by the campaign out of campaign donations.

That's not cheating. Otherwise only the very rich would be able to run for office.

[muawiyah]

Ordinarily candidates have to drop their principal occupations while campaigning ~ hence, it's generally legal to draw a salary and have expenses reimbursed by the campaign out of campaign donations.

That's not cheating. Otherwise only the very rich would be able to run for office.

[NeoCaveman]

Don’t Maes me bro!

[proudpapa]

Let’s compare:

Tom Tancredo has paid $32,349 on consultants.
John Hickenlooper, $843,959 for consultants.

Which one would you trust with your money?

[CodeToad]

No one vetted the dork. If the TEA Parties want attention, and I fully believe in their cause, they had best do a better job than to recruit such criminals as their posterboys.

[ModelBreaker]

“After reading this, is there any wonder Tancredo will be the next Governor of Colorado?”

That is way over-optimistic. The race between Tancredo and Hickenlooper is tight as a tick, at best. If I’s break for Tancredo AND Tancredo is able to peel of 2% (out of 12%) of Maes remaining supporters, he will likely win.