January 10, 2009 10:50 PM UTC

The Republican Party took another nose dive toward extremism this morning

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• by: Republican 36

(They chose poorly – promoted by Colorado Pols)

This morning State Rep. Kevin Lundberg was selected by the Republican precinct committeemen and committee women of Senate District 15 to succeed Senator Steve Johnson who was elected a Larimer County Commissioner in November. The vote wasn’t even close. Lundberg defeated Lynch 86 to 42.

This is another indication of how far out of touch the local Republican organization in Larimer County and throughout most of Colorado is at the moment. In 2005, 24 out of 26 elected Republican officials in Larimer supported Ref. “C” but the county party executive committee voted against their incumbents to oppose it. On election day Ref. “C” won in Larimer County in a landslide.

In 2006, huge numbers of registered Republicans crossed party lines to vote for Bill Ritter who carried the county with 57% of the vote and the same thing happened again in 2008 when this Republican county voted overwhelmingly for Senator Udall against their home grown candidate Bob Schaffer. And yet, the Larimer County organization continues to move hard right in the face of overwhelming evidence they are out-of-step with the electorate. Their commitment to candidates like Mr. Lundberg and his brand of mindless ideology is mind numbing.