(Take THAT, NRSC! Minor edits include smashing red logo added – promoted by Colorado Pols)
From Tom Wiens
Just a few days ago I filed the papers for the Tom Wiens for U.S. Senate Exploratory Committee, Inc. I’m emailing you because I want to know if I can count on you to help me bring Washington back in line with Main Street Colorado. As a small businessman/rancher and former Colorado State Senator, I have the experience to take on Washington insiders and deliver results, not excuses. I am asking you to right now, go to www.tomwiens2010.com and give me your thoughts and show your support by making a contribution.
Why, you are probably asking, would I think about running for the U. S. Senate?
I’ll tell you exactly why: I love my country and Colorado and I am fed up with the direction the politicians in Washington are taking our nation.
I’ve been having conversations with people all over the state and I am hearing the same issues surfacing over and over again:
Coloradans are angry, and they have a right to be. They are working twice as hard for half the opportunity, and are worried more than ever about losing their jobs.People across American, and especially in Colorado, feel like the politicians in Washington aren’t listening anymore. Many feel the politicians actually know what the average person wants, and they simply do not care. Right now there is a monopoly of power in Washington and they are going to do what they want and forget about the rest of us.
The site is short on anything but a plea for cash.
But it looks like he’s serious.
I guess we’ll know for sure if he does Caplis & Silverman next week, which is when I’d guess Norton officially announces. Or perhaps if he agrees to show up in Keystone and get straw polled. Or maybe if he insults Dick W. and the straw poll.
Has incited more than it bargained for.
It’s not like he’s ever changed his mind before
Just doesn’t seem like a last minute kind of guy. Now if only Tancredo, Schulties and few other R’s with and without current gigs would jump in. that would be something to see.
its often the case you can’t tell who is the craziest. Or there is no crazy – just all the same.
2008 CD6 – boring. They should have been required to wear jerseys with numbers so we could tell them apart.
2010 Senate looks like it’s going to go the other way.
How’s that working for ya’?
Must mean Norton (all of them) not running.
It’s been around for a month. He said in July he was “filing papers” and that hhe plans to announce whether he’s moving beyond an exploratory committee around Labor Day. http://www.kdvr.com/news/kdvr-…
He’s got a logo now.
I hadn’t realized this was a fresh e-mail today. Definitely news!
I’m just saying…..
I just drove across the country (again). Didn’t see much anger at all. In fact, none. Talked to lots of people along the way. Nobody was angry. Not even the service industry people working $7/hr jobs.
…tired
so that’s not exactly a convincing testimonial.
cuz they don’t. even for tips
Wien has personal wealth on his side but has weaker name recognition. Would it be fair to say his candidacy is on par with Cleve Tidwell, albeit a little more sane?
Lost in all this discussion of Buck v. Norton and Wien’s entry into the race is Ryan Frazier. Frazier has to be looking as this race merely to build his political brand, right?
I wouldn’t be so quick to underestimate Weins
He had a pretty big Senate District, that stretched from Douglas to Lake County — and he was very active in Leadville — I would anticipate his NAME ID to be better than most think
Frazier is running to win – I can guarantee that – I think he will
er…for the moment?
…and I’m proud to support him
The typeface sucks. The letters are so thin you can hardly read them. The colors stink.
Close your eyes halfway and squint at it. Now imagine it’s a yard sign. You can’t even tell what it says.
Wiens needs a makeover.
TOM WIENS
for
WORKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE
you have
NOTHING TO LOSE BUT YOUR CHAINS
that spells something special with the first letters of each word:
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Since, you know, he was just in the state Senate.
I think the point here is his voters just need to “see red.”
Anger’s not just an energy, it’s apparently also a policy.
So, does that make politics “anger management?”
but totally agree on the typeface. WAY too skinny. The lighter orangish red is an interesting choice but it is almost too bright and blinding.
I like Penry’s fabulous pink better.
check it out here. this is just his exploratory site for now. i would assume he is building something more in depth soon.
http://tomwiens2010.com/
100%
His daughter walked up to me after a class at UNC today and told me “My dad is Tom Wiens, he’s running for senate.” But she didn’t tell me this until after I talked about how everyone in the GOP senate primary was screwed because of the NRSC and Norton.
In many ways his credentials make this his race to lose.
In a political and economic climate that demands that our leaders actually listen to their constituents, Wiens fits the bill. I love what he had to say in his letter to supporters yesterday which is now posted on the Denver Post online at http://bit.ly/33CcmB), and a portion is also below. He seems to really get it, and he has the record within the Colorado State Senate to prove it.
“People across American, and especially in Colorado, feel like the politicians in Washington aren’t listening anymore. Many feel the politicians actually know what the average person wants, and they simply do not care. Right now there is a monopoly of power in Washington and they are going to do what they want and forget about the rest of us.” – Wiens
I like him and will continue to point people to his exploratory committee site at http://www.tomwiens2010.com until he gives me reason to do otherwise.
Here’s hoping I never see that reason!
I wonder if Tom Wiens is going to mistreat his constituents like he did his employees and investors? ? ?