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(R) Trisha Calvarese
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(R) Donald Trump
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July 06, 2010 09:50 PM UTC
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the first email went to the Romanoff
campaign list.
This is an email from supporters of
Hillary for President
(@hillaryclinton.com)
that is a much larger universe of voters for the Romanoff campaign to connect with, which is a big difference.
When do we see 2Q numbers?
If it’s a good one – a number big enough for real 3Q media and staff budgets – I’ll agree there was a boost from that outsider. Then I’ll have to go dig up all that crap from Feb about how a national leader in the D party getting involved in our Senate primary is a bad thing.
I never thought so, nor do I now, but I seem to recall reading comments from some who did. Do they still?
I was one of those people bemoaning Obama’s endorsements in primaries (and not just Colorado’s). But it was because I do not believe the President should get involved in primaries while in office. I would say the same about any chair of the party (at any level).
These are posts that should remain neutral in primary situations, and be willing and able to put 100% into the person who wins the primary. If the person they were supporting in the primary looses, it is really hard for that person to present him/herself as a supporter of the winner.
Other party members, whether they are national leaders or local leaders, are pretty free to support who they want without much worry of backdraft.
…you do understand that the President is not the chair of any party…don’t you?
I said that the President, as well as Party chairs, should remain neutral in primaries.
When POTUS supports a primary candidate who loses, his later support for the winning candidate is usually viewed as “half-hearted”, reducing the effectiveness of using that endoprsement to its fullest potential.
Party Chairs should remain neutral for other reasons. If they support one primary candidate over the other, there will always be those who accuse them of “stacking” the deck to favor their candidate. Especially in a state like Colorado, where the party still has a bigger role in nominating the canddiates to begin with.
I worked for President Obama’s campaign. I got a lot of the same pushback that I’ve been getting since Sep I’m not a real D, I don’t understand, I’m not a real Coloradan D, etc and so on
He won my county, and Colorado, primary and general.
And then he doesn’t count.
Others said it was because he is not from Colorado. That does not bother you.
Some said it was because our caucus/primary should be decided by “us”, by Colorado D’s and no one else. That doesn’t bother you.
What bothers you apparently is that he’s the President. And the defacto head of the D party.
Okay. Whatever.
X = (b + s) = …..hooey.
He has every right as a Democrat to endorse whomever he feels is the most qualified. If the roles were reversed to you honestly think Romanoff or his supporters would be turning down the endorsement of a sitting Democratic President? Hardly.
Dan, I respectfully disagree w/ this:
For example, I was happy that Sestak beat Specter, and I think Obama is perfectly able to support Sestak strongly despite having backed Specter. It would’ve been another story had Obama blasted Sestak hard, but that’s just to say that a President, or any other officeholder, is putting his/her agenda at risk when s/he really blasts one competitor in a primary.
And I would guess most Romanoff fans support the President, as do I. But that does not mean he is perfect or a King or a God. We don’t have to agree with him on everything and I think he should not have gotten involved in the primary. More specifically, Organizing for America, which should be out fighting for progressive causes, and which has received many campaign contributions from Romanoff supporters, should not be working for one side in a Democratic primary.
There is also the matter of Obama — possibly, we don’t know but it seems likely given that Bennet was an Obama favorite — getting involved in Ritter’s picking of Bennet. We do know Obama tried to get Romanoff out of the race. That was also a mistake.
President Clinton, like Romanoff himself, is bucking the establishment.
you don’t care about that whole in-state out of state thingy anymore?
I thought a few weeks ago one the Camp Romanoff talking points was that he had more individual donors and a larger percentage of instate donors. What was that- just convenient bulloney that no one really believed mattered much anyway. Uh-huh, that’s what I thought.
No longer operative, MADCO. Can’t you see? If the argument doesn’t help Romanoff, his supporters magically forget it ever existed.
On the bright side- all primaries are all good all the time.
No, the actual chair of the Democratic Party would be the de facto chair of the Democratic Party. The president is the de facto head of his (or her) party. That’s a different thing.
But you’re right — the president isn’t a King or a God. Can’t argue with you about that one.
that are projecting. They assume that because the President backs one person over the other in the primary it would make it hard for him to to either back the opponent in the general and/or work with them in the Senate. I can only assume this is based on Romanoff himself being the type of guy who holds bitter grudges for YEARS. If Obama openly endorses Bennet and Bennet loses the primary, would Romanoff not accept Obama campaigning for him in the general? If Romanoff wins the general, would he start voting with Republicans on legislation to spite Obama for backing Bennet?
Maybe what these campaigns really need is to grow up.
He is mad he wasn’t appointed. His nasty campaign has turned off many Colorado Democrats, that will not support him in future campaigns should he lose this senate race.
woebegone Colorado elections