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"Tea Party" a Weapon in Red-On-Red Senate Infighting

by: Colorado Pols

Thu Jan 21, 2010 at 16:38:47 PM MST

Last week, a total of seven Republican state senators voted against the "Race to the Top" enabling legislation, SB10-036--Mike Kopp, Scott Renfroe, Ted Harvey, Dave Schultheis, Bill Cadman, Kevin Lundberg and Greg Brophy. But the Senate Minority was far from unanimous voting to take Colorado out of the running for hundreds of millions of federal education dollars, and this has set off a furious round of intra-GOP acrimony.

According to sources, at least three of the Republicans who voted no on the bill called their respective "Tea Party" contacts--we've not confirmed, but we've heard it was Brophy, Schultheis and Lundberg--and told them that the Republicans who voted for the bill (list helpfully provided) "sold out to the teacher's union."

Over the weekend, many Republicans who voted for the bill were reportedly slammed with irate, with a few veering closer to creepy, phone calls castigating them for their vote. Furious about being thrown under the bus by their peers, Sen. Keith King on Tuesday morning allegedly demanded to know who did this--even going so far as to threaten the future leadership prospects of Republican caucus members who call in the "Tea Party" mob on their own.

Depending on whether or not Schultheis and friends decide to make a habit of this (it's not like the retiring Schultheis can be threatened), we could be witnessing the beginning of a new and rather unpleasant chapter in GOP party comity...

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Gotta love it when politicians eat their own.

by: OneEyedOwl @ Thu Jan 21, 2010 at 23:46:36 PM UTC

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Time to bust out the popcorn this is going to be fun

by: DevilishlyModerate @ Thu Jan 21, 2010 at 23:50:10 PM UTC

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Indeed.

Particularly nice to see Lundberg in the hot seat. God, how I despise him.

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

by: Middle of the Road @ Thu Jan 21, 2010 at 23:51:27 PM UTC

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My state senator's in there, too.

Ironically, I just got a campaign contribution today from Mike Kopp....

(Okay, a different Michael Kopp. But it still has a nice ring to it).

We're all in this story together: Let's make sure that we write it well.
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by: Steve Harvey @ Fri Jan 22, 2010 at 00:04:05 AM UTC

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What a lovely trifecta, no? :)

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

by: Middle of the Road @ Fri Jan 22, 2010 at 00:12:53 AM UTC

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Yeah, we have some real gems.

There's something horribly amiss in this wonderful state of ours, when people who aren't qualified to be Walmart greeters are elected to the state legislature.

We're all in this story together: Let's make sure that we write it well.
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by: Steve Harvey @ Fri Jan 22, 2010 at 00:21:25 AM UTC

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Yes, but did you knock on any doors today

proclaiming your progressive democrat alliance and promising to go to the capital to make some much needed changes in healthcare, unions, climate, increasing taxes, etc...?

Or was your day simply spent absorbing the USSC decision and scheming what lies you tell the union to attain walkers and cold hard cash?

by: Libertad @ Fri Jan 22, 2010 at 01:59:06 AM UTC

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What's the matter Libby?

Did your mommy run out of Gerber's today?

Is that why you're posting totally unrelated bullshit to a thread with a theme?

Oh. I forgot. You always do that.

This is serious, you commie dolt --davebarnes, 2012.

by: Ralphie @ Fri Jan 22, 2010 at 02:17:42 AM UTC

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My day was spent

studying environmental law, climate change law, public lands law, and tax policy; taking care of some correspondances; walking my daughter to and from school, helping her with her homework and playing with her; and discussing issues here and elsewhere. Thanks for asking. How did you spend your day?

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by: Steve Harvey @ Fri Jan 22, 2010 at 02:20:18 AM UTC

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Hey Libertard

Please do try to be at least somewhat relevant to the topic when you post.

"Why not do the right thing for the American people, even though it's not exactly what we want." - Speaker Boehner

by: Half Glass Full @ Fri Jan 22, 2010 at 03:47:21 AM UTC

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This is just lovely

We're looking at improving our education system and getting in much needed money - and they're fighting it because it's not perfect. Guys, if you want perfect as a choice - don't go in to politics.

Yes the state rolled over for the unions. Yes tenure ~~reform~~ elimination is a key part of fixing the system. But guess what, with the proposed measurement tools it's going to be real obvious to identify the crappy schools, administrators, teachers, programs, etc. And that will generate a ton of pressure to fix or remove those problems.

Grow up and learn to work with the world as it is.

No trees were destroyed in the posting of this comment. But a large number of electrons were horribly inconvenienced.

by: DavidThi808 @ Fri Jan 22, 2010 at 00:11:46 AM UTC

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Gee, now that Penry

does not have to worry about the wrath of Mesa County teabaggers, Janet "Bestiality" Rowland bigots and all the assorted Aryan Nation and skinhead types, maybe he will actually and finally start doing something for Colorado instead of voting with the wacko extremists. You have a chance here, Josh, for redemption and to turn your piss-poor legacy around.

"Me? I ran for Governor, but fortunately I got that out of my system before the New Year.
Many of you offered words of encouragement when I made the difficult decision to get out
of the race. But I'm not going to lie: getting out of the race hurt my pride and bruised my
ego...which might explain why Senator Romer has been trying so hard to get me to join him
on a marijuana dispensary tour." --Josh Penry

by: WesternSlopeThought @ Fri Jan 22, 2010 at 01:37:41 AM UTC

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Not bloody likely

n/t

This is serious, you commie dolt --davebarnes, 2012.

by: Ralphie @ Fri Jan 22, 2010 at 02:18:19 AM UTC

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Strangest thing

is that there are Colorado Republicans more liberal than Olympia Snowe.

Republican legislators on the national level would never cooperate with any Democrat initiative. Literally none of them, literally never.

Republicans here once in a while care about things, even when Democrats are involved. Fucking commies.

I demand that all students get As, that all our oil comes from American soil, that waste and fraud be eliminated forever, and that potato chips stop making me fat!

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