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Maes Picks Tambor Williams for Lt. Gov.

by: Colorado Pols

Tue Aug 17, 2010 at 08:46:47 AM MDT


Just Tweeted by 9NEWS' Adam Schrager.

By way of introduction, Tambor Williams is the former director of the state Department of Regulatory Agencies under Bill Owens, and a former Speaker Pro Tempore in the state legislature. Williams served as a state representative from 1997-2004 according to the Denver Business Journal's 2004 report on her appointment to head DORA.

Meaning that, unlike the GOP candidate for Governor himself, she is actually somewhat qualified.

And by the end of the day, more people will have heard of Tambor Williams than at any point in her lifetime--given the likelihood of success as the second half of Dan Maes' star-crossed ticket, that's probably the mission accomplished point.

It's also important to remember here that this wasn't a one-way decision. As we discussed yesterday, Maes could only select someone who also wanted the job. This isn't like a typical Gubernatorial campaign where getting tapped to be the Lt. Governor is a big prize; Maes's options were limited because a strong GOP politician looking at future office wouldn't want to be attached to a guy who is going to get creamed in November and will likely make more of a fool of himself along the way.
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Maes Picks Tambor Williams for Lt. Gov. | 65 comments
Just makes the Gov vote easier for me
I always have been a fan of Tancredo.
Just wondering
What would be a good pick?
[ Parent ]
Compared to Tambor... That's a pretty long list
BJ Nikkel - Ideologically she's there, but probably wouldn't take it... She's just too pragmatic.

Shawn Mitchell - Started as a solid defender of the delegate/primary voters votes, and supported Maes also. Good experience, good "unifier", popular with GOP salwarts and the Libertarian fringe alike.

After that I kinda run out of names because just about everyone else got behind Mcinnis and has spent the last 12 months smack talking either Penry or Maes.

[ Parent ]
I don't know what Maes was thinking on this one.
Well I guess I do. She's got experience, ties to the establishment blah, blah, blah. Sure isn't going to help grassroots enthusiasm though.

"...energy shouldn't be in the market." - Aristotle
[ Parent ]
Oh dear, it's after 11am
looks like the Beej is out of bed.

"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." --ChuckieD, 1871
[ Parent ]
Run for the hills! BJ is here to save the day.


"...energy shouldn't be in the market." - Aristotle
[ Parent ]
The "short bus" must have gotten the kids home early today n/t


Don't believe everything you think.
"Hes been stomping on him own dick." -- a leading conservative sage
[ Parent ]
Not cool


"Why not do the right thing for the American people, even though it's not exactly what we want." - Speaker Boehner
[ Parent ]
We all live in glass houses here HGF,
my apologies, I'm sorry you found that offensive.

Don't believe everything you think.
"Hes been stomping on him own dick." -- a leading conservative sage
[ Parent ]
Tambor is a moderate Republican
So Maes finally made an intelligent decision -- a first for him -- and moved toward the center.  He has no hope to win but this could conceivably reduce the anchor effect his doomed candidacy will have on downticket GOP candidates.  As a certified lunatic who thinks bicycles are a communist plot, he certainly doesn't have to placate the far right that nominated him.
[ Parent ]
Moderate
How does a moderate vote?  What is a moderate for?  Against?

Code Pink stands for really, really radically ignorant babes.
[ Parent ]
Mostly, a moderate is against you, marilou
and, thus, pro common sense.
[ Parent ]
His Choice?
Why would you think this was his choice as opposed to the party folks who may have chosen for him?
[ Parent ]
Congrats to Tambor Williams
Lets all be nice to her today. Tomorrow we can pull out the knives :)

No trees were destroyed in the posting of this comment. But a large number of electrons were horribly inconvenienced.
Oh no another
Palin know-it-all, wanna be.

"Fake but accurate!" ~GOPwarrior "infrastructure,whatever that is." ~bjwilson83 "You leftist DICK!" ~ Laughing Boy
See you at the polls you dumb bastard.~Libertad  
Weird pick
IIRC, Tambor Williams was a moderate, pro-choice R back in her legislative day. Even so, the Lt. Guv bone is not enough to invite country club R's "home" IMHO, especially when Hick is so biz-friendly.

Can't imagine Maes' Tea Party base is going to be very happy about this, either. Is it possible for his campaign to alienate the entirety of his voter universe?  

Maes didn't exactly have the pick of the litter
It's not like everyone he called was going to jump at the chance.
[ Parent ]
Janet Rowland wasn't available?

[ Parent ]
Heh
I had the exact same thought. This ticket needs more crazy to battle the inevitable Tancredo/Bruce combo (one can dream).
[ Parent ]
Kind of like more cow bell

[ Parent ]
Maes/Lumberg?
Tancredo/Shultheis? We could kill off anchor babies with AIDS in one fell swoop

"PETA is not happy that my dog likes fresh air." - Mittens  
[ Parent ]
IIRC IHMO OTOH ROFLMAO ...
Look, why don't you just create a macro that automatically expands those silly abbreviations into actual words? It's really irritating.

"Why not do the right thing for the American people, even though it's not exactly what we want." - Speaker Boehner
[ Parent ]
You left out RINO
and IOKIYAR

A leader on the battlefield can be a leader in Congress. -- redstateblues
[ Parent ]
IRSLTJAPPOYGWIG
(It really seems like that's just a pet peeve of yours. Get with it grandpa!)
[ Parent ]
That would be the same acronym
for Grandma, wouldn't it?

A leader on the battlefield can be a leader in Congress. -- redstateblues
[ Parent ]
See...
It's convenient!
[ Parent ]
ITYJOR
TUOFAIQCONWN. IITHTFOWTM.
[ Parent ]
Wow.
That's a bold statement. You gonna let him get away with that HGF?
[ Parent ]
I think Lucky Strike started this madness with LSMFT
they had it in their ads when I was a kid.  Lucky Strike Means Find Tobacco.
  of course, in my mispent youth, I smoked Players.
[ Parent ]
fine, not find
it's a history thing
[ Parent ]
Still recovering from eye surgery, gray
and have trouble reading the screen.   Shud indeed be 'fine' tobacco.
[ Parent ]
All I remember
about Tambor is she wasn't terribly friendly and liked to jog on her lunch hour, so I ran her name by two former colleagues last night and this morning and got a collective "You're kidding me" groan.

If you're not upset, you haven't been paying attention.  Mike Littwin
Yawwwwn ...
guess Maes didn't want a rogue pick that might go all crazee on him.    
There's nothing a crazy guy fears more than another crazy person who might steal his "crazy-guy" spotlight.
Just ask B(S).

Don't believe everything you think.
"Hes been stomping on him own dick." -- a leading conservative sage
[ Parent ]
Maes picked the wrong Tambor
Hank Kingsley would have been perfect for the role of running mate.
Just for the record...
I posted it so :)
Then we blame you

[ Parent ]
I was about to give you credit
You DID report this yesterday. Good job!

Retirement in action does not equal retirement of beliefs.
[ Parent ]
PPC had it first though.


"...energy shouldn't be in the market." - Aristotle
[ Parent ]
PPC had it first though.


"...energy shouldn't be in the market." - Aristotle
[ Parent ]
yes, but my source wasn't from them
:) or media to be exact
[ Parent ]
Well,
Shes's not a conseravtive.
http://www.wilberforcecenter.o...


Tambor Williams
In the day, this would have been considered a remarkably good pick.  But the Republican Party of today will hate.  She is pro-choice and Colorado Republicans for Choice helped her in her contests.  She may even have been helped by NARAL.  Further, she still sits on the Colorado Supreme Court Judicial Performance Commission. http://www.coloradojudicialper... Sure to piss off Andrews and crowd as she voted to retain at least one Justice this year, Nancy Rice one of the most liberal justices who was unanimously recommended for retention.  http://www.coloradojudicialper...

So, overall, frankly with the regular voters a good pick, experience, woman, moderate, Weld County, smart.  For the Tea Party faction, not so much.  Should be fun to watch.

I think that's called balancing the ticket...


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[ Parent ]
Yes
Something Tea Baggers absolutely abhor.
[ Parent ]
Exciting
I'm truly looking forward to seeing how Republicans keep the Tea-bagger momentum going while also playing to the middle. Tambor is an obvious example of trying to get back to the middle however the Tea-bagger folks are too pure to allow R's to do this. They are already anti-establishment, this will just make matters worse for them. I think their enthusiasm dies as R's become more moderate.  
[ Parent ]
I wonder..
if Maes will try to squeeze between Tancredo and Hickenlooper on the issues.  Hickenlooper is pretty moderate but Tancredo way over there on the right.. maybe he can pull it off.  He needs money though.
[ Parent ]
The few remaining GOP handlers who will work with Maes
will try to put him between Tancredo and Hick.  But Maes' natural inclination will be to out-run to the right of Tanc.

All autumn long we'll see a running saga of Maes constantly heading off the farm -- followed by a few of his more responsible handlers who try to reign him in, make all sorts of fantastically contorted explanations for his bizarre statements, and then shove back into his straightjacket for a day or so.

Don't believe everything you think.
"Hes been stomping on him own dick." -- a leading conservative sage

[ Parent ]
Craig is correct
and besides that the only impact this will have is to make the fantics on the right angry. All the other voters won't care by tomorrow morning. Net result, a negative impact for Mr. Maes.
[ Parent ]
Nancy rice is not a liberal
she and Hobbs are the centrist, swing votes on the courts.  Nancy calls em like she sees them, without fear or favor.  
[ Parent ]
Confirmed
On KOA at their 11 am newscast.
I can see the ads
Vote for us-She's not crazy

Vote for Tambor-don't you wish I wasn't on the ticket? At the top?

Maes might have just gotten himself a GOP led revolt if he should miraculously win. They could throw him out and have her. Simple moves after more $ shenanigans arise.

I think this does demonstrate two important items
1. Dan Maes is serious about winning. Dan made a decision to broaden his appeal and that's what someone focused on gaining the most votes does.

2. The state party is supporting Dan. They may not be thrilled, but someone like Tambor would not join the ticket if most of the party leadership was washing their hands of Maes.

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

Of course...
The state republican establishment will begrudlingly support Maes. The real question is how much grassroots tea party support Tancredo can siphon off.
[ Parent ]
gop will give Maes lip service, nothing more
in return for his naming a moderate like Tambor to the ticket.
[ Parent ]
Ten percent
Maes has to at least garner 10 % of the vote or the entire Colorado Republican Party will lose major-party status. That's worth getting him at least a little support.

"Why not do the right thing for the American people, even though it's not exactly what we want." - Speaker Boehner
[ Parent ]
negligible consequences.
.
I think all they lose is the right to one of the top two spots on the ballot.
Other than that, they will come right back in 4 years.
.
[ Parent ]
Tambor in Google Images
If you do a Google Image search for Tambor Williams you get exactly ONE picture of Tambor Williams, followed by a zillion photos of Jeffrey Tambor.

And that's if you actually search for Tambor Williams. If you search for just Tambor, she's gone without a trace.

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

Wait you mean
Jeffrey Tambor isn't on the ticket?

A leader on the battlefield can be a leader in Congress. -- redstateblues
[ Parent ]
I heard
that Tambor is not her real first name, but a name from an old marriage. Really a WTF piece of information right there and I don't really believe it.
[ Parent ]
Then why repeat it?


This is serious, you commie dolt  --davebarnes, 2012.
[ Parent ]
Polsters have a tendency to confirm or deny things like that
The ability to prove (or disprove) rumors is one of the reasons I love this site so much.
[ Parent ]
If you think it's bullshit
You should keep it to yourself.

This is serious, you commie dolt  --davebarnes, 2012.
[ Parent ]
Wasn't she a Ref C Supporter?
Ruh-roh raggy, she's a "tax-raiser" HTF is that going to play w/ repubs?

I thought they all vehemenetly opposed Ref C and all it's evils?

"PETA is not happy that my dog likes fresh air." - Mittens  

I'll be interested
to see how she handles an honest-to-god knife fight. HD50 was far from a hostile environment for a pro-choice "establishment" Republican.
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