All Entries in the "Reclaim the Blue" Category
Tancredo Aims to be the Colorado Crist
Everyone knows that by running a third party ticket, Ross Perot gave us Bill Clinton and Teddy Roosevelt gave us Woodrow Wilson. Compelling as those third party candidates were, all they did was split the conservative vote. The last time a third party managed a win on a national scale was Abraham Lincoln in 1860 when the Republican Party replaced the Whigs.
On Negative Campaigning
Having written about negative campaigns in the last couple of days, I’d like to close the topic with a few general observations. I wouldn’t be the political scientist I am if I didn’t.
Norton Campaign Flails Desperately
On Sunday night I received a campaign email from the Norton campaign entitled ” KEN BUCK TRASHES TEA PARTIERS: Buck Dishes Out More Profanity, This Time at Tea Parties.”
No, Jane, No!
The negativity of the Norton campaign, which started back in April when Josh Penry was hired away from the McInnis campaign, has reached embarrassing heights.
The Invisible Candidate
We’ve had the Joe G the Stealth Candidate and in this most unusual of election years I got a robo-call tonight from the Invisible Candidate, Walker Stapleton.
Political Motivations
Last week I wrote some posts about faulty logic in political discourse and yesterday I wrote about some of the fallout of Scott McInnis’ plagiarism. Some are saying that it is no different than the fine Dan paid over his finance reporting. Let’s see.
Tempest over a Teapot
There has been a lot of hand-wringing this week in the Republican camp over the revelation of plagiarism by Scott McInnis. The facts are pretty well known: McInnis took $300,000 from the Hasan Family Foundation in return for some Musings on Water.
Get Behind Maes or Give CO to Progressive Extremists
I am pleased to have Don Rodger’s permission to post a slightly edited version of what he wrote in support of Dan Maes as the GOP gubernatorial candidate. I’ll have something to say on this topic as well, but Don says it very well indeed:
Tea Party Patriots Advice
I received this press release from Tea Party Patriots on Wednesday and think it is worth printing in full:
Media Bias and Playing the Race Card
I think the NAACP may have played the race card once too often. On Tuesday the organization “adopted a resolution condemning “racist elements” in the Tea Party movement and calling on the movement’s leaders to repudiate bigotry,” as reported by Fox News.
