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February 01, 2011 02:03 AM UTC
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Bartels has updated her post with the info that Harvey would resign his seat if he won. That’s changed from what he said a few weeks ago when word he might run first circulated.
Thanks for the good news.
For some reason this story made me think of this song.
Once again your sources are wrong, Pols. Dick Wadhams doesn’t have a thing to worry about. Ted Harvey is either doing this with Wadhams’ consent, or it’s a name ID builder for a future move up.
You can keep trying to ascribe circumstances beyond Wadhams’ control to his personal responsibility in an attempt to smear him, but I believe what you fear most is a disciplined party that will let Wadhams be Wadhams. I’m talking about Wayne Allard and John Thune’s Dick Wadhams, not the guy who has spent the last four years struggling against circumstances he never once created.
And you are right to fear that Dick Wadhams.
Your suggestion Wadhams has anything to do with party discipline is laughable. But your suggestion Wadhams has had absolutely no control over the state GOP’s circumstances is probably about right. That’s the kind of leader this year’s Republicans want, right?
Wadhams cannot control the party rank and file, or the candidates who run for office. Wadhams’ job is to the best he can with the tools he is given, and I believe we can agree that we’ve had a few rather dull tools lately.
It is only a fool who forgets this man’s moments of greatness under different circumstances. But I haven’t.
You heard it from me.
You heard it here, first…
For years now
can be considered a pretty accurate assessment. He’s become the R Dems hope stays put. We only regret he remained one little percentage point away from going down in history as the GOP Chair whose watch saw his party officially lose major party status and that in a Republican tsunami year and in addition to the Allen fiasco which helped us so much in that year’s US Senate race. Now that would have made him Colorado Dem’s favorite R ever.
And Pat Waak gets the credit for Bennet and Hickenlooper victories. The candidates and their staffs had secondary roles.
Waak’s brilliantly set up McInnis for failure went perfectly. Her plan for Bennet to target suburban independent and GOP women was genius.
with a lawn full of kids.
That’s me.
cute grumpy.
Republicans would LOVE the Allard/Thune Wadhams, but that guy never came back to Colorado. THAT Wadhams is long gone.
Democrats don’t fear Wadhams. They WANT him re-elected. That should tell you enough in itself.
Because that’s money that doesn’t go to buy ads.
What about George Allen, Bob Schafer, Ken Buck????? Let Wadhams be Wadhams? I’m laughing my ass off. Wadhams has always been Wadhams. Same old, same old. He never changes, and that’s exactly his problem. The Democrats have learned a few things since Dick came on the scene. Dick knew what he knew when he was in the fifth grade. Hasn’t learned a new thing since. With that said, I heartily endorse his re-election bid. Can you say “see Dick’s head explode?”
I am going to seriously have to contemplate switching my affiliation to Unaffiliated.
He can do everything he wants as far as name recognition goes, he is only electable in Douglas County. He tried to run for CD6 in a primary against Mike Coffman and got his ass kicked so badly it should have been embarrassing.
Some guys just don’t get it. The people do not want extreme right wing zealots.
Add him into the no-talent ass-clown category that Dan Maes and Scott McInnis belong to…
Add Penry, Norton and Caplis and I’d switch my registration too.
but a lot of Republicans sure do.
Not even the sainted Ronald Reagan would be nominated in today’s GOP.
But I say that WADHAMS wins this
Dick isnt perfect, but one thing I always appreciated about Dick was that, no matter the county, every GOP Chair felt they could call Dick and get help, at all times
As a candidate, if I called or emailed Dick, I had a reply within hours
Ted Harvey? Ted is a nice guy, but he comes off, often, as aloof, carrying a bit of the “I’m the smartest guy in the room, so go screw yourself” attitude – and quite frankly, I don’t see that changing – it’s the biggest reason why he was creamed by both Coffman and Armstrong in CD6, despite being the State Senator from there
Anyways, I say Dick gets reelected – people want an affable guy as Party Chair that is approachable and returns and calls – and that ain’t Ted Harvey
When I was running as a GOPer for HD56, Senator Greg Brophy ALWAYS made himself available if I needed advice — that was in addition to guys like David Balmer, Mike May, and Jerry Sonnenberg, who were always making themselves available and checking in on me (especially especially Minority Leader Mike May, who became my closest ally and father figure – and for what it is worth, Mike May would make for a phenomenal Chairman)
Amy Stephens, Mike Kopp, Jim Kerr, Frank McNulty, Josh Penry, Al White and Stella Garza-Hicks also offered help and made themselves available
I never never never heard from Ted Harvey when I was running – offered no help, offered no advice, and definitely was not outreached towards
I don’t have anything against Ted Harvey and we’ve become acquaintances since, but if the GOP is going to pick a new Party Chair, I would expect them to pick someone with a history of interfacing – Ted Harvey had his opportunities to help the GOP win seats in the House and Senate and he rarely helped, in those times
Granted, I’m a proud Democrat now and I really shouldn’t care, but I would like to see both Parties being led by strong leaders (that’s good for Colorado) and if the GOP wants a replacement for Wadhams, there are qualified people available, but Harvey is not on that list
Lastly – great County Chairmen include Larimer’s Larry Carillo, Boulder’s Scott Starin, JeffCo’s Don Ytterberg, Arapahoe’s Dave Kerber, Douglas’s Mark Baisley, Jannell Reid of Lincoln and Richard Elsner of Park
If the GOP elects any of the Chairs above as State Chair (or eventually elects them) then the Democrats should take notice — those folks above are excellent organizers, shrewdly intelligent, and very much in touch with their communities – they’d all be ‘dangerous’ State Party Chairs
And lastly 2 – Tidwell’s old manager John Wagner is VERY VERY capable – his candidate failed him – Wagner is a very good strategist
appreciate Wadhams, too. But for different reasons! Still glad you came over to the light side.
You’re a Democrat now, you don’t need to kiss Wadhams’ ass anymore.
…just speaking the truth
He’s affably gone.