The Liberal Case for Tom Tancredo

From the Huffington Post
Considered a long shot since his campaign announcement this summer, Tancredo and his last minute surge begs a question not yet pondered by most strategists or voters: what would his victory mean for Colorado? Strange but true, it might just mean a handful of policy goodies long championed by progressive liberals.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jessica-c ... 66697.html

I'm amazed but at the same time, I see the sense of this article. Thanks for posting it Grady.

I find it interesting that although the HuffPo piece includes the sentence,

Unlike most candidates, Tancredo has looked critically at some of these consequences. And his responses may just surprise you.

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I could not find a single response or quote that could be attibuted to Tom Tancredo.

Typical HuffPo reporting!

There's not a single quote from anyone. It's an opinion piece. I think they expect you to go out and research his platform on your own...

From the article...

"Let's get scrappy. Let's get lean. Let's forget the two-party dinosaur for a moment. And in celebration of one of the most ironic political twists Colorado has seen in nearly a generation, let's elect a candidate who abandoned his political party in the name of a larger cause--saving our state from the dire consequences of good intentions gone bad.

Vote Tom Tancredo, the conservative, liberal, progressive, open-minded stalwart we need in 2010."

Americans love an underdog.

If he wins, it sends a message to both the major parties that we the people want representation and accountability from our public servants.

have to agree that it sends a message. but i also have a concern that if a major party in colorado does not receive at least 10% of the vote it becomes a minor party and has hoops to jump through. am i not correct on this? thanks.

You are correct and that will affect the Republican Party. But that's no reason to vote for a candidate.

mtntrekker wrote: have to agree that it sends a message. but i also have a concern that if a major party in colorado does not receive at least 10% of the vote it becomes a minor party and has hoops to jump through. am i not correct on this? thanks.

Yep...but who cares. These people are supposed to represent us. Jump thru the hoops in the future, that is the cost of elitism.

mtntrekker wrote: have to agree that it sends a message. but i also have a concern that if a major party in colorado does not receive at least 10% of the vote it becomes a minor party and has hoops to jump through. am i not correct on this? thanks.

Even if Maes gets less than 10% the GOP will not be a minor party. If necessary it will be "fixed" in the next legislative session, which actually might help some of the other minor parties in the long run.

Actually, they will, as far as state law is concerned:

State statute defines major political party as any political party that “at the last preceding gubernatorial election was represented on the official ballot either by political party candidates or by individual nominees and whose candidate at the last preceding gubernatorial election received at least 10 percent of the total gubernatorial votes cast.”

http://blogs.denverpost.com/thespot/201 ... ino/14656/

It means they won't be at the top of future ballots, with Democrats.

""It probably will happen," said Republican state party chairman Dick Wadhams. "Voters are asking, 'Why would I waste my vote on Maes? '"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 00391.html