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Bennet Beats Romanoff

by: Colorado Pols

Tue Aug 10, 2010 at 21:03:49 PM MDT


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Bennet Beats Romanoff | 84 comments
now everybody wipe your noses off
and get behind the nominee.  this one matters folks.  don't be a dick about it.

Give more, give everything, give blood.
No.
 Be a dick about it.  It's AWESOME!
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You are what you eat.


"I don't care if Michael Bennet personally went to Iraq to shoot babies" --ThillyWabbit
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Good one!
"Thanks to you...razor lips!!!"
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That amused me. Thanks.


History does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme.  (Mark Twain)
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Andy said it best

Said what?
Come on union brothers lets get behind a guy who doesn't support car check and knock on some doors? Or Lets back the guy that took millions in special interest money?
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I think you meant CARD check n/t


Support people, not parties. Support ideas, not ideologies.
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Car Check!
We call that valet parking in these parts.

"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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In Arizona, it's called immigration reform


Retirement in action does not equal retirement of beliefs.
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linkies?

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Congrats to Senator Michael Bennet
A superb Senator who deserves to be re-elected in November.

Where all the cool kids will be on Saturday - Code War!
I think you need to work on this in the mirror a little more...
..I'm not quite buyin' it yet
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It was the "superb Senator" thing, wasn't it?
And the loss of the "Recommendations" from his sig line.

But who cares?  I'm glad he's on board.  We have an election to win.

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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Gee, way to be gracious in return
The primary is over - focus on the general.

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The primary is over
...yet your foolishness lingers in the memory...for laffs.

Ok, fine.  Let's be gracious .....starting.....

NOW!

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Alright fine then
Fuck you

Happy now?

Where all the cool kids will be on Saturday - Code War!

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s/he's a sore winner David
can't do much about that.
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I'm neither sore nor a winner
I'm just a loyal fan of David's twirling about-faces.  They're dazzling for simple folk like me.
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David changed support to AR
but never once besmirched Bennet in any post I read of his. It wasn't a screeching about face, it was a lot more subtle than that in his case.
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Graciousness fail
Ok....try again.....start....being....gracious....NOW!  
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ok
keep practicing in front of the mirror until the smile feels natural. Just remember, when you can fake sincerity you've got the world by the balls!
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Welcome back David.
Wade? Care to join the party?

I promise the jokes will die down in a few weeks.

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I think with the response from OuiserBoudreaux above
People may be very quiet about switching over to Bennet.

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Yes, I will hound people to pieces.
Alas, my evil powers will work only on the most self-important posters here.  A shame, really.
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Well everyone needs a hobby


Where all the cool kids will be on Saturday - Code War!
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At the end of the day...
I think most Dems will unite together against Buck.

On the other hand, as much as I hate to admit it, I kinda like him. It took some guts for him to add the bias charge in the Zapata murder. He seems like a real genuine stand-up guy.

If only he wasn't on the wrong side of 99% of the issues.

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I feel the same...
like it wouldn't be supremely awful if he was my senator... it would just be terrible.
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Acting like a douchebag...
Is more than just a hobby.  Its a way of life.

"I don't care if Michael Bennet personally went to Iraq to shoot babies" --ThillyWabbit
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Well, I hope & expect...
... that OuiserDouchebag will be in a very small minority who are personally graceless (not to mention tactically stupid) enough to gloat. Anyone who's been involved in or followed politics more than one or two cycles has experienced enough wins AND losses to know that losing sucks so you have to be gracious in the good times (with rare exceptions for personally despicable people like McInnis who deserve lots of dancing on their political graves).

AraraGOP said Romney will win the nomination and "I don't see how he can survive the next year of withering attacks."
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yep, my powers are working precisely as I predicted
Good god, could you possibly over-react MORE to some silly teasing?!  If David and other politically crazed posters can't take brief, mild teasing from me, the entire notion of party unity is a joke.  So please lighten the fuck up.  

Thanks for your patient attention.

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4th grade manners lesson for you...
When someone suffers a loss about something they feel strongly about, like a political junkie seeing their candidate lose a major race... in the first hour after that loss, what you call "teasing" will look more like "gloating asshole."

AraraGOP said Romney will win the nomination and "I don't see how he can survive the next year of withering attacks."
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My word, your 4th grade elections must have been brutal

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Yeah as a well know Bennet sdupporter you are an asshole. Go Away.

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While I'm not a Bennet fan,
I will state two glaringly obvious points, just for fun:

1.  Bennet is more progressive than Ken Salazar was, and probably more than Udall is;

2.  The thought of a Senator Ken "Uncle" Buck is disturbing enough that even the most idealistic progressive (like me?) should be able to at least vote for Bennet, to preclude a Buck victory.

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Very nice Dave but
I must say I'm a little surprised by the "superb"! Who knew you felt that way? Oh well. Agree now's no time to quibble. Colorado looks like it may be the only purple state that could go completely against the common wisdom calling for huge R gains.  Pretty cool.

Very proud of our high turn out. Proud for Colorado Dems that negative ads didn't win this race and neither did the conventional wisdom that anti-incumbent feeling was going to be too tough to counter this year prove true here. Should get lots of press and cause pundits to think twice about assuming that Dems are done for. Think Bennet and Hick can both win in November as long as we work as hard as we did during this primary. Believe Markey will be staying in her seat, too.

Hope to see AR recover quickly from this setback. Believe he's a much better person than this campaign would indicate.  

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amen

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I buy it. David has always been upfront.

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thank you


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Elected, not re-elected
Nit-picky, I know, but since he was appointed, Bennet can't be re-elected. If Bennet wins in November (and I hope so), then it would be his first time being elected, as he was appointed.

Do you know today's news? Thank a journalist!
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whatever....how many yard signs can we put you down for?

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One
I'll put it up with my signs for Hick, Betsy Markey, Stan Garnett, Cary Kennedy, Bernie Beuscher, and my mom (she's a Republican).

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it's a start.
welcome back.
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Yeah Baby
Time to focus on the teabagger Buck.

And, pass (reluctantly) granted on your Mom.

ITLDUSO  
Honk hello when you see my license plate!

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My mom's more progressive than half the Democrats we have here
Exactly how many elected Dems in this state have fought to make civil unions legal? And I'm talking civil unions that are fully equivalent to marriage except for the M word.

I wonder how many elected Dems in this state have a higher rating than her from the Sierra Club. My guess is well under half.

You should be an active supporter of my mom. (No downside to that - the Democrats didn't even put up a token opponent to run against her.)

Where all the cool kids will be on Saturday - Code War!

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Why is she a Republican? N/T


"Thank you for putting your rank political motives on display." - ArapaGOP
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She was born in Beverly Hills
There's more to it than that though. Her first impulse on anything is to keep things in the private sector. It's to not drown businesses in red tape and taxes. It's to not roll over for the unions.

There are quite a few like her here in Colorado too. They don't shout it because of the primary voters, but they approach things that way.

Where all the cool kids will be on Saturday - Code War!

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David's Mom! David's Mom!


ITLDUSO  
Honk hello when you see my license plate!
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Thank you!!!


Where all the cool kids will be on Saturday - Code War!
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can I plant it next to my Romanoff yard sign?
what a great display of unity that would make, huh?
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sure.

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I should have said none
Because yard signs don't vote :)

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Agree. (usually)

I was being metaphorical.

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Promoting my comment from the earlier thread
I have nothing against Romanoff or his supporters.  I think he made some bad calls in the way he approached the campaign, but I'd still be glad to shake his hand and support him in future endeavors.  His concession speech was certainly gracious.  And many of my friends and neighbors supported him - and I still count them among my friends and neighbors.

In the meantime, I'm in it for Bennet.

Exactly
The campaign got heated but that happens. Now it is time to put this one in the rear view mirror and move forward. Colorado is going to be huge maybe even for control of the Senate.

Yep
Look, Andrew ran an impressive field effort, take the time to deal with the 7 steps and we will all work together to kick Buck's ass...  
aren't there twelve steps?
or are you referring to something else?

:)

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7 steps of grief
I think Deminator is referring to the phases of grief (denial, anger, bargaining, etc.), rather than the 12 steps to recovery, a la AA.

Do you know today's news? Thank a journalist!
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There are five steps...
...at least in the Kübler-Ross model, which is the more popular one.
Denial anger bargaining depression acceptance

The seven step model adds in Shock and Guilt, which don't always apply.

Support people, not parties. Support ideas, not ideologies.

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yes, five stages of grief
never heard them called steps before. Maybe something else yet?
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Stages.
And not everyone experiences all of them in all situations.

Long, lingering deaths often leave a survivor relieved more than anything.  Sometimes guilt accompanies that relief.  

"Politics determines who has the power, not who has the truth." Paul Krugman, 9/2010

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I usually like to stay in denial
life is better lived seeing it through rose-colored glasses...

:)

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I only need one step
My guy lost, my party can't. It really is that simple.

Retirement in action does not equal retirement of beliefs.
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Yep.
Smartest thing I've seen said in this whole thread. Ought to be a sig line, Dan.  

"I wouldn't characterize caloric intake as "professional development." c rork
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Bennet and Romanoff showed unity and humility tonight
Something you don't get from the right side of the political spectrum.

It's a sad day when our politicians are comical and I have to take our comedians seriously.
I voted for Romanoff
and I thought that he'd be facing an uphill battle against the R candidate (Buck, it seems) if he had won.

I'll throw my full weight behind Senator Bennet now. Like Romanoff, I think Bennet faces an uphill battle against Buck. This race can be won, but it will be a trying task.

It'll be fun to watch it play out.

"Oh Lord, are there really people starving still?"

I don't think it will be quite as uphill as all that
As long as we don't take anything for granted and keep plugging away, especially at GOTV. After a primary like this, Bennet does have a great GOTV structure all ready to go. That's for sure.  And that helps Dems in all the big races.  Now if we could just get folks to vote all the way down the ballot...
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GOTV! GOTV!


ITLDUSO  
Honk hello when you see my license plate!
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I saw Bennet's speech in person...
..did they show Andrew's speech. Honest question did he get on board?
Andrew...
seemed very sincere and earnest in his endorsement of Bennet. Totally classy.
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That is good to hear.He is good man.

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Absolutely...
Say what you will about the last few weeks of campaigning, Romanoff still has a strong political future in the state.
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OK. I have been very nice in victory.
But where is Wade?
Perusing his John Edwards memorabilia?

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give people some time
defeat stings, and Wade left it all out there. Let him lick his wounds and come back when he's ready, not when you want him to.
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yeah, and let's leave the guy alone until he does return
losing is punishment enough; it's not good to kick him when he's down, nor to scream at him, "why are you still down? get up!!"

AraraGOP said Romney will win the nomination and "I don't see how he can survive the next year of withering attacks."
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thank you raymond1

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As a Romanoff supporter, I am disappointed.
However, at least on this blog so far, there is very little gloating from Bennet supporters and I appreciate that.  I will support the Democratic candidate because the danger to the Republic of a republican senate is too great to even be contemplated.

I would hope that the current DPS mess be separated from here on out from the Senate race.  By mess, I mean the politicization of the BOE members and upper administrative staff.  My fear is that this reaches down into the school level which is destructive for children.  

I blame both sides; however Boasberg's arrogance is not tolerable.  What is happening is that the success of Bennet is disenfranchising all the citizens who voted for the "Romanoff three" on the board. Those members won their elections to the board fair and square.  They are simply now being ignored.  I also hope that the legislative audit goes forward and we get some answers to put this issue to rest.

So, let us go forward under the banner of our able leader, David Thi808.



 For politics, geezers are golden.
by: BlueCat @ Tue Aug 16, 2011 at 19:19:14 PM MDT

Due respect
and I say this as someone who voted & supported Bennet, but at least two of the three did a pretty good job of stepping on themselves.

Between Merida taking a staff job on a campaign and not disclosing it (which still boggles my mind) and Kaplan doing everything in her power to politicize a story that really shouldn't have been politicized to begin with (because it was complicated), they didn't exactly cover themselves with the cloak of impartiality, y'know?

If Bennet's success is "disenfranchising" those citizens who voted for Merida & Kaplan - and I don't think it is, but OK - then maybe those citizens ought to have a friendly neighborhood chat with Merida & Kaplan and tell them, pretty please, with a cherry on top, not to get involved in a party primary next time.  

Ad astra, per aspera // keep calm & carry on

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I'm with dwyer on this
The board has turned in to a pro/anti Bennet battle and that does not serve the kids. They should have stayed out of the Senate race and they should stay out of every other race.

More importantly, they need to work together because fighting does not let them focus on the problems. And the best solutions are almost certainly in the grounds between both sides.

Where all the cool kids will be on Saturday - Code War!

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Now there's a great sig line!


Where all the cool kids will be on Saturday - Code War!
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I am impressed
I want to add my voice to the chorus of Bennet supporters who were forced to dig deep and work extra hard to win because of Andrew's vigorous campaigning. It's been a tough fight - I admire Andrew's scrappiness and the passion of his supporters.

I hope we win over every last Romanoff voter to the Bennet campaign. We need 'em (you) all!

I do believe the primary fight made Michael a better candidate because of this primary. We owe that to Andrew.

Still a lot of bitching over on HuffPo
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...

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Obama
PPP: AR's UNfavorable ratings:

Age 18-29 (45%), 30-45 (18%), 46-65 (28%), Older (25%).

FIRST-TIME Primary Voters (18-29?) were LARGEST voting block yesterday.

Anyone care to credit Obama?

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