Senator Penry Shows True Leadership

Across which spectrum?

"There are a lot of reasons not to elect me." Mitt Romney in a moment of clarity

"I'm Mitt Romney and yes, Wolf, that's also my first name," Willard Mitt Romney demonstrating 'policy flexibility.'  

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by: ClubTwitty @ Tue Nov 10, 2009 at 15:41:33 PM UTC

...the political spectrum, of course.

What I meant was what this quote from the Denver Business Journal was getting at:

Sondermann said. "Of Ritter, McInnis and Penry, it was Penry, in my mind, who was running the superior campaign. He had a very sharp political message."

even pols readers from the left, like Twitty, had to have appriciated an effective communicator like Penry in the campaign.

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by: AngieS @ Tue Nov 10, 2009 at 15:55:57 PM UTC

Don't put words in my mouth, Angie

figuratively speaking, of course.  

"untethered to facts" is how I would describe Penry's communication style.  Is it effective?  Perhaps, if you are working to motivate the uninformed with fear-tactics, misrepresentations, and red herring issues.  

I did appreciate that the GOP had two opponents duking it out in the primary, and I hope that Tancredo jumps in now to keep McInnis fighting for the Teabag endorsement.  But I don't see Josh's quick folding as 'leadership.'  I tend to think he doesn't want to end his quest for power, that he got educated on the shitstorm about to come his way, and that he has real concerns about what is in that storm--of which perhaps we will never know.


"There are a lot of reasons not to elect me." Mitt Romney in a moment of clarity

"I'm Mitt Romney and yes, Wolf, that's also my first name," Willard Mitt Romney demonstrating 'policy flexibility.'  

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by: ClubTwitty @ Tue Nov 10, 2009 at 16:50:59 PM UTC

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I think we're playing a little fast and loose with the word leadership.

This is the worst I've seen.  He inspiring you to quit?

Penry's decision to fight for another day speaks to his vision as a statesmen

We'll do it never!!  Amazing leadership.  If only he would've stopped before taking jabs at McInnis.  Fine by me, I'll take mildly crappy Ritter over any of the GOP's candidates.

ColoradoPols - A nice place where a slur is more offensive than the needless and random politicization of a minor's rape.

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by: droll @ Tue Nov 10, 2009 at 16:16:18 PM UTC

I'm not buying what you are selling.

I think he did the right thing both for himself and for the Party, I'll grant you that. Avoiding an ugly primary in order to focus solely on Ritter for the next 11 months puts the Republican Party in a very sweet position of strength.

However, I'm not entirely convinced he did it so much because he's such a leader (and let's face it--his campaign was a picture of failure in how to communicate, not a success) but because it suited his own purposes, both politically and personally.  

"I wouldn't characterize caloric intake as "professional development." c rork

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by: Middle of the Road @ Tue Nov 10, 2009 at 16:29:49 PM UTC

Why is it what the rest of the world calls quitters...

...the GOP calls leaders. You can call it doing what's best for the party, but Palin quitting as Gov, Penry quitting here - it's not leading by any definition of the word.

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by: DavidThi808 @ Tue Nov 10, 2009 at 17:34:14 PM UTC

Its the new R math

when you stop leading you are providing leadership.  1 + 1 = 3, etc. etc.

" I will always put Colorado families before the Washington special interests"

Cory Gardner (R-O&G)

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by: Fidel's dirt nap @ Tue Nov 10, 2009 at 17:46:07 PM UTC

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They're just walkin' the walk

Shrinking government, one governor at a time.

bin Laden is dead
GM is alive

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by: ajb @ Tue Nov 10, 2009 at 18:40:09 PM UTC

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