Consensus: Penry Rocks McInnis With Superb Campaign Roll-Out

Penry scares the snot out of me

I think Ritter could take McInnis because McInnis looked like he was going to do the traditional GOP approach of keep shooting yourself in the foot. And he's clearly clueless about the web.

But Penry is good. We're all amazed that there were no mistakes in his rollout but it was more than that - it was quite good. Excellent speech.

And emailing bloggers what mountains were on his website when it first went up - he understands the web.

This not good. Especially with all the recent Ritter mis-steps. Not good at all...

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by: DavidThi808 @ Sun Jul 12, 2009 at 17:59:04 PM UTC

Bah

So Penry didn't fumble in a way that makes press all over the country like Scooter, and now he's the Joshuassiah? That's a pretty low bar, don't you think? I'd hate to be a Republican right now.

Penry is a fringy Tea Party wackadoo Janet Rowland mold extremist and the general election will bury his career. Until then, 1st and goal!

Yo quiero gobierno medio!

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by: JeffcoBlue @ Sun Jul 12, 2009 at 18:48:18 PM UTC

polling

I understand that McInnis is perceived as a centrist in polling, and Penry gets the right wing wacko label and that polling therefore shows McInnis can beat Ritter if anyone can.  Also understand that Wadhams is no fan of Mc Innis.  The weird thing to me is that if there were more moderate Republicans, ala McInnis - though I don't pretend to know if he really is a moderate - there would be more Rs in government.  

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by: smellykat @ Sun Jul 12, 2009 at 19:02:08 PM UTC

Josh Penry slams Wadhams' way of doing business, steals Hasan's methodology and abandons his constituency

As reported by The Daily Sentinel:
In what appears to be Peny's agreement with his mentor, Scott McInnis, after McInnis said he was booted out of the Republican Party nomination for the U.S. Senate seat when Colorado Republican power brokers handed the nomination to Bob Schaffer and while echoing fellow Republican Muhammad Ali Hasan's statement when he said,

"I hate those fucking kingmakers, I am not going to listen to those fuckers."

Penry now says,

"The days of the Republican Party holing up in a smoke-filled room in the Brown Palace Hotel and picking its nominee are over."

As if anyone needed more evidence of Penry's me-me-me ego driven politics, Penry now says he will abandon Mesa County and SD7 to move to Denver in a carpetbagger effort to garner the attention he so desperately wants.

Please, Josh, if you want the attention of Denver "kingmakers", if you fancy yourself that rat king lemming leader, as your fellow R's call you, if you want to be that perpetual slimy career politician, please resign your senate seat so that we may find effective representation here, instead of paying for an infinite campaigning politician's insatiable self-serving ego.

Lets see.  Penry does not like the Colorado Republican Party Chairman's way of doing business, he does not believe that his mentor would be the best choice for governor, he has pissed off fellow R leadership resulting in his getting his moniker of "lemming leader" hung around his neck and Democrats, Independents and moderate Republicans do not like him.  Is he hoping that somehow his small out-of-state contingency of hydrocarbon company backers will fix the election for him?  Is Penry counting on the contracting and waning white dwarf base of R extremists to fulfill his desires? Good luck with that.

"The public has grown contemptuous of a political process that seems
endlessly pre-occupied with the next election cycle - it's called the permanent campaign,
and the public is permanently sick of it." --Colorado's widely known hypocrite and permanent flimflam man, Josh Penry

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by: WesternSlopeThought @ Sun Jul 12, 2009 at 19:25:17 PM UTC

WST...

I don't mean this in a snarky way at all, but you really seem to have in in for Penry.  

Other than the fact that he's a Republican, is there anything specific you could point out to me that you dislike about him so?

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by: Laughing Boy @ Sun Jul 12, 2009 at 20:45:51 PM UTC

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Bad try, Lboy

Give it up, you will not succeed in making this about me.  I'm not running for anything. Penry is.  I oppose Penry the same way you oppose President Obama.  I oppose Penry's failed Senate leadership. I oppose Penry's deception concerning O&G activity.  I oppose his statement that he would not have opposition to Janet Rowland's desire for creationism being taught in public classrooms. I oppose his pork barrel ballot initiatives funded by out of state O&G money.  I oppose his useless fillerbusters. I oppose his "off-the-record" attacks on journalists. I oppose his failure to provide a viable state budget plan and as evidenced above, I oppose his hypocrisy. If you need more, you'll just have to click on my handle and read till your heart is content.  End of conversation.

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by: WesternSlopeThought @ Sun Jul 12, 2009 at 21:46:02 PM UTC

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No worries.

Like I said, I was curious about specific issues, and you've given me some.  I wasn't looking to ambush you on anything.

Remember, I supported President Obama until he started making some of the decisions he made.

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by: Laughing Boy @ Sun Jul 12, 2009 at 22:51:08 PM UTC

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The Day Has Finally Come!

The messiah is here!  

In all seriousness, the Penry camp did a great job on the announcement and for all the folks that want to call him the "lemming king" and dismiss him as representing the fringe---you're delusional.  He's a shoo-in to win the primary and will give Ritter more than his run for the money.  He's far more polished than he is given credit for and understands how to message for the masses.  

I'm with David, Penry scares the crap out of me.

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by: Sage Sam @ Sun Jul 12, 2009 at 20:48:36 PM UTC

He still reminds me a little of Eddie Haskell

and I'm not even sure exactly why.  Maybe that will change for the better with more media exposure.  Or not.

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by: oldman @ Sun Jul 12, 2009 at 21:11:52 PM UTC

Colorado Association of REALTORS

I think the Association of Realtors should be ashamed of themselves for allowing a GOP primary event to be held at their headquarters. I didn't think they took a postition until after the primary elections. They should be ashamed of themselves and I think every Realtor should be concerned.

"...Penry...would be a shitty Governor." -Ralphie

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by: walk_the_line @ Sun Jul 12, 2009 at 21:13:56 PM UTC

Nice try.

Stick to your assigned task of running the (cough) 5 (cough) 27.  

Plus, you forgot a "all hat, no cattle" reference in your post.  

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by: MesaModerate @ Mon Jul 13, 2009 at 02:10:49 AM UTC

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do quarterbacks return kickoffs for touchdowns?

I understand it was Mesa State, so perhaps the quarterback usually plays multiple positions there?

I'm not as sweet as I used to be.

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by: Jambalaya @ Sun Jul 12, 2009 at 23:50:37 PM UTC

also...

Is this really no country for old men?  McInnis is not that old, certainly not McCain-old.  I would have thought that Penry would stay away from discussions of age and experience, given that he lacks both.  Perhaps Scotty can take a play from the great Ronnie Reagan (!) and publicly promise not to make an issue of Penry's youth and inexperience?

I'm not as sweet as I used to be.

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by: Jambalaya @ Sun Jul 12, 2009 at 23:59:11 PM UTC

Time for a new big line update

I think it's becoming very clear that the odds currently on the big line need to change.  

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by: Parkerj @ Mon Jul 13, 2009 at 00:43:30 AM UTC

Penry has done a great job with his rollout

But the question remains, does he deserve to be Governor?

I have an open mind.  I want hard information.

Shills will do what shills do, which is to promote their candidates. I hope that at least one of them tells me what Penry has ever managed.  Because a whole damned state is a big thing to manage.


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 @ Mon Jul 13, 2009 at 01:10:21 AM UTC

Like a country?

When you've never managed anything before?

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by: Laughing Boy @ Mon Jul 13, 2009 at 01:37:31 AM UTC

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The discussion is about the State of Colorado.

Do you have something to offer on that question?

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 @ Mon Jul 13, 2009 at 01:41:13 AM UTC

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Well,

I was just commenting that people have been elected to higher offices than Governor with little management experience.

I don't know that it can be used as a salient argument, post-Obama.

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by: Laughing Boy @ Mon Jul 13, 2009 at 01:45:04 AM UTC

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And how do you feel about that?

Do you feel it worked for you?

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 @ Mon Jul 13, 2009 at 01:47:26 AM UTC

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Yes.

It was a huge point, scored in my favor.  One of the greatest arguments ever put forth in a political discussion.

I'm waiting by my computer for you to email me for political advice any moment now.

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by: Laughing Boy @ Mon Jul 13, 2009 at 01:55:51 AM UTC

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I love you, man

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 @ Mon Jul 13, 2009 at 01:58:59 AM UTC

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Back at you.

Missed reading your stuff.

Cheers.  

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by: Laughing Boy @ Mon Jul 13, 2009 at 02:01:42 AM UTC

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Get a room.

Then have your parents send each other money.

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

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by: PERA hopeful @ Mon Jul 13, 2009 at 03:09:46 AM UTC

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My parents are both dead

So LB gets no money.

However, if his parents want to send me some, I'm all for it.

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 @ Mon Jul 13, 2009 at 03:12:00 AM UTC

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Penry's copying the Obama playbook

Down to the typeface and the weird little "sun" emblem in his "2010" logo. It mimics the Obama sunbeams.

He's doing what a Pub will need to do to have any viability in 2010 and beyond. Whether it's enough to disguise his fundamental far-right positions, remains to be seen.

Penry may end up being a gift for Ritter, because a lot of disenchanted Dems and union members will skedaddle back to the fold and begin working for Ritter once they learn how extreme Penry is.

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

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by: Half Glass Full @ Mon Jul 13, 2009 at 04:11:42 AM UTC

copying the Obama playbook

Exactly. It's a gamble that Obama prepared the way for a similarly inexperienced but inspiring young candidate, and it remains to be seen whether Penry exudes the calm competence that got Obama through so many muddles. But you're exactly right, it's quite deliberate and it's their best chance. Also note, Penry will battle McInnis from the Obama vs. Hillary playbook.

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by: RedGreen @ Mon Jul 13, 2009 at 04:52:25 AM UTC

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Ritter's prospects

Here's an interesting piece by Charles Ashby looking at Ritter's prospects for a second term. http://tinyurl.com/lwxjho

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by: redfield1925 @ Mon Jul 13, 2009 at 11:52:30 AM UTC

Outing or attempting to out fellow commenters

Is not an acceptable practice on this blog. We were forced to delete many comments in this thread after another such attempt, and we will ban accounts involved if we see it happen again.

If you are really this obsessed with the identities of people you see commenting here and insist on telling the world who you imagine they are, start your own blog to do so. Our community depends on people feeling comfortable to speak their minds without the threat of retaliation from anyone, this includes you.

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by: Colorado Pols @ Mon Jul 13, 2009 at 14:58:18 PM UTC

I support the decision...

It started to sound in here kind of like the people in Grand Junction who still speculate over who the characters in Dalton Trumbo's novel Eclipse (his book based on that town) are.

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by: Canines @ Mon Jul 13, 2009 at 15:09:56 PM UTC

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Thank you

I agree 100%.

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by: DavidThi808 @ Mon Jul 13, 2009 at 17:04:51 PM UTC

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Ritter's prospects, part 2

Second half of related article on Ritter's prospects for a second term, environmentalists and the oil industry. http://tinyurl.com/nd3zhv

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by: redfield1925 @ Tue Jul 14, 2009 at 12:31:18 PM UTC