BREAKING: Josh Penry to Manage Norton's Campaign

I saw this on another diary

And I can't believe its actually true. Sounds like a cover-up for firing your campaign manager. Usually that's not a part time job...

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by: bluemountains @ Wed Apr 21, 2010 at 20:31:13 PM UTC

I guess that means the Senate Minority Offices

will now be the Jane for Senate offices...

Nothing like milking those taxpayer dollars.

"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 @ Wed Apr 21, 2010 at 20:35:54 PM UTC

Tea party hearts break--redux

By Proud2BeAGOP - Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Well there goes my support for Penry.  Guess he needs his nose where it shouldn't be..  "Lookin' for love in all the wrong places"

By Voter 2010 - Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Maybe Josh can give back my donation money I sent him for his campaign to be Governor now that he has a paying Job and is no longer interested in Politics. How about it Josh, pay back my donated money so I can use it for other candidates! Don't be a looser and a deadbeat too.

http://www.gjsentinel.com/brea...  

"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 @ Wed Apr 21, 2010 at 20:51:09 PM UTC

If Penry can pull Norton's campaign out of the dumps,

he will be a GOP hero, and the Tea Partiers will forgive him when he makes a future run for office. Voters have amazingly short memories.

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by: OneEyedOwl @ Wed Apr 21, 2010 at 21:07:46 PM UTC

Since when is it in the dumps? n/t

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by: Laughing Boy @ Wed Apr 21, 2010 at 21:23:19 PM UTC

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Everything is fine LB, everything is fine n/t

"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 @ Wed Apr 21, 2010 at 21:24:45 PM UTC

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?

Her polling is fine, she's raising money (not as much as Bennet), and the Dems are in the middle of a deliciously self-destructive idiotic primary.

What's not to like?

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by: Laughing Boy @ Wed Apr 21, 2010 at 21:41:34 PM UTC

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I don't think the primary is as self-destructive as the crap we read here

We're looking at a pretty small sample here.

Real People couldn't give a shit less about it.

Besides, Romanoff doesn't have the money to run negative ads and Bennet isn't running negative ads.

Today, you're either going to get better or you're going to get worse, but you're never going to be the same.  Which one will it be?  --Joseph V. Paterno

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by: Ralphie @ Wed Apr 21, 2010 at 21:47:51 PM UTC

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I think

AR needs to go really negative very soon if he wants a chance at winning.

:)

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by: Laughing Boy @ Wed Apr 21, 2010 at 21:52:24 PM UTC

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We're all just jumping to follow your advice, brilliant as it is.

Exercise your right to peaceably assemble and reclaim the commons. Stop the militarization of America.

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by: Sir Robin @ Wed Apr 21, 2010 at 21:56:09 PM UTC

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Obviously.

I am having a huge effect with my benevolent advice for Colorado Dems.

I also think Bennet ought to do some campaign commercials in leg warmers.  That would be great for his campaign.  Leg warmers and a hardhat.

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by: Laughing Boy @ Wed Apr 21, 2010 at 21:58:09 PM UTC

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Leg warmers and a hard hat...I like it, the cross-over vote

I think Jane should dress up as a Burrito and bird dog all the Buck events...Buck loves him some burritos...  

"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 @ Wed Apr 21, 2010 at 22:00:51 PM UTC

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Yesss!

I'll make sure the secret Star Chamber Committee gets that idea.

Look how symbiotic we're being! Sir Robin must be so proud of us.

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by: Laughing Boy @ Wed Apr 21, 2010 at 22:09:58 PM UTC

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You're OK LB

I mean for a Republican that's wrong all the time...

:)

"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 @ Wed Apr 21, 2010 at 22:12:50 PM UTC

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I sense a theme song coming...

"...like Carville and Matalin...

...Lenny and Squiggy...

...LB and Twitty...are gettin' jiggy...On Pols!"

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by: Laughing Boy @ Wed Apr 21, 2010 at 22:15:36 PM UTC

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LB is OK period.

n/t

Today, you're either going to get better or you're going to get worse, but you're never going to be the same.  Which one will it be?  --Joseph V. Paterno

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by: Ralphie @ Thu Apr 22, 2010 at 00:50:24 AM UTC

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I know you do...as I think Ken and his, err, the 527s

should do in blasting 'tax and spend' Jane.

"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 @ Wed Apr 21, 2010 at 21:56:56 PM UTC

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With what for money?

n/t

Today, you're either going to get better or you're going to get worse, but you're never going to be the same.  Which one will it be?  --Joseph V. Paterno

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by: Ralphie @ Wed Apr 21, 2010 at 21:59:13 PM UTC

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Isn't Jane in a primary too?

I could swear her opponent is picking up endorsements faster than you can say 'hand picked establishment candidate.'

Did Jane just fire her campaign director?

"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 @ Wed Apr 21, 2010 at 21:49:58 PM UTC

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Does it now go from "Colorado values Jane" to "Jane the reformer"?

You can't make this stuff up.
She raises alot of money, spends alot of money and goes down in the polls.
Then she fires her senior people as if they are to blame for her lack of leadership and a coherent message.
First she is a fiscal conservative, but has a problem with her history as to referenddum C.
Then, she is the only person who can raise money.
Then, when someone spends money on behalf of Buck, that money is tainted as opposed to her $350K in PAC money.
Then she says she represents Colorado values.
Quitting on the assembly is a Colorado value?
Waffling between inconsistent messages is a Colorado value?
Blaming others for your failures is a Colorado value?
Now she hires a guy who drops out of the governor's race who has never ran a statewide campaign and is in the middle of a legislative session.
This is nuts.

We already know Bennet bought his win - that ability to raise more money is part of why many in our party love him. -DavidThi808
Michael Bennet - ineffective, dishonest and immoral - Democrat for US Senate  

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by: H-man @ Wed Apr 21, 2010 at 21:57:13 PM UTC

au contraire

how short are our memories H-man, don'tchaknow Penry ran for governor himself once!?  that's a statewide race, right!?

"NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO GIVE UP FIGHTING FOR HEALTH CAFE WITH A PUVBLIC OPGION" - Senator Michael Bevnett

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by: Jersey Transplant @ Wed Apr 21, 2010 at 22:14:32 PM UTC

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Mon Fraire (sp?)

Running for statewide office and running a statewide campaign are two entirely different things. Penry has never ran a statewide campaign though he has run for statewide office.  

That's what H-man was saying would be my guess.

Gotta Find a Better Sig Line. Any suggestions? :)

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by: GottaFindaBetterUserName @ Wed Apr 21, 2010 at 22:40:07 PM UTC

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Boy, that's giving him the benefit of the doubt, no?

I, too, could file some paperwork, bail out when it became apparent I would lose (immediately in my case), and say I ran for statewide office. This even though I never even got close to the caucuses, much less the primary or general election.

My point is that you haven't really run for statewide office if you bail before the first test. It's like saying you took calculus in college when you dropped the class before the first mid-term.

Its just like Further, but with tax cuts! - Fidel's Dirt Nap

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by: ajb @ Wed Apr 21, 2010 at 23:02:29 PM UTC

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That's a fair point

Dan Maes will be looking for work in August -- maybe the Norton campaign can replace Penry with Maes two or three shake-ups from now.

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by: RedGreen @ Thu Apr 22, 2010 at 01:33:35 AM UTC

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"Frere"

I think it is.

"The modern conservative is engaged in one of mans' oldest exercises in moral philosophy, that is the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness."    John Kenneth Galbraith

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by: dukeco1 @ Thu Apr 22, 2010 at 03:03:25 AM UTC

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Merci mon frere.

I could have sworn I said, never run a statewide campaign.

We already know Bennet bought his win - that ability to raise more money is part of why many in our party love him. -DavidThi808
Michael Bennet - ineffective, dishonest and immoral - Democrat for US Senate  

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by: H-man @ Thu Apr 22, 2010 at 12:42:22 PM UTC

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Nice attempt, H-man.

I see you set up your account yesterday; usually, trolls are smart enough to post a few comments before they spew the talking points. If at first you don't succeed...  

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by: SheepskinStrutt @ Thu Apr 22, 2010 at 00:50:15 AM UTC

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talking points?

I have followed Coloradopols for about 6 months.  I think David does the best job interviewing candidates in Colorado of any of the "media".  I have just started posting but I can assure you the views are mine and not anyone else's.
I do support Ken Buck.  
I also now think that Penry is functionally a spokesman and campaign manager is just a title to play to an ego.

We already know Bennet bought his win - that ability to raise more money is part of why many in our party love him. -DavidThi808
Michael Bennet - ineffective, dishonest and immoral - Democrat for US Senate  

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by: H-man @ Thu Apr 22, 2010 at 12:51:30 PM UTC

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Welcome aboard!

I thought it was a worthy comment and it's good to have conservatives commenting here.  

Its just like Further, but with tax cuts! - Fidel's Dirt Nap

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by: ajb @ Thu Apr 22, 2010 at 16:26:59 PM UTC

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I agree.

And maybe...you can point it out to us if Libertad ever makes a point.

Just kidding, tadpole.

"The modern conservative is engaged in one of mans' oldest exercises in moral philosophy, that is the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness."    John Kenneth Galbraith

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by: dukeco1 @ Thu Apr 22, 2010 at 17:34:08 PM UTC

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Thanks for the welcome.

I have a feeling that things will be interesting for the next few months.  
The problem with Penry is he does not feel constrained at all by the truth.  
His MO is to just make stuff up.
That is now going to be attributable to Norton.  When you lie down with a dog you wake up with fleas, comes to mind.
 

We already know Bennet bought his win - that ability to raise more money is part of why many in our party love him. -DavidThi808
Michael Bennet - ineffective, dishonest and immoral - Democrat for US Senate  

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by: H-man @ Thu Apr 22, 2010 at 17:40:57 PM UTC

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H-man

Welcome aboard.

In a few months, we might be tempted to take you seriously.

Provided you behave, that is.

Today, you're either going to get better or you're going to get worse, but you're never going to be the same.  Which one will it be?  --Joseph V. Paterno

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by: Ralphie @ Thu Apr 22, 2010 at 00:52:11 AM UTC

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