President (To Win Colorado)
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(D) Kamala Harris
(R) Donald Trump
80%↑
20%
CO-01 (Denver)
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(D) Diana DeGette*
(R) V. Archuleta
98%
2%
CO-02 (Boulder-ish)
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(D) Joe Neguse*
(R) Marshall Dawson
95%
5%
CO-03 (West & Southern CO)
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(R) Jeff Hurd
(D) Adam Frisch
50%
50%
CO-04 (Northeast-ish Colorado)
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(R) Lauren Boebert
(D) Trisha Calvarese
90%
10%
CO-05 (Colorado Springs)
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(R) Jeff Crank
(D) River Gassen
80%
20%
CO-06 (Aurora)
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(D) Jason Crow*
(R) John Fabbricatore
90%
10%
CO-07 (Jefferson County)
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(D) B. Pettersen
(R) Sergei Matveyuk
90%
10%
CO-08 (Northern Colo.)
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(D) Yadira Caraveo
(R) Gabe Evans
52%↑
48%↓
State Senate Majority
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DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
80%
20%
State House Majority
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DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
95%
5%
August 10, 2007 10:25 PM UTC
22 Comments
I can’t hear it over the chant:
DEATH TO THE RINOS!
Are you calling Crank a RINO? Because if so, that’s laughable. Like him or not, he is socially and fiscally conservative. I think the greatest area of contrast between him and Lamborn is Crank’s effectiveness as a community leader versus Lamborn who really alienated a lot a voters last time with false attacks on his opponents.
Let’s see Crank is currently on the Pikes Peak Firearms Coalition PAC, and if anything, they are more conservative than the NRA.
Crank is a past board member of a local Colorado Springs Pregnancy Center – or some similar pro-life clinic.
In 2006 Crank was the candidate who put forth specific fiscally responsible ideas for tough restrictions on government growth “Crank hopes to cap annual growth on government spending at 4 percent and require a two-thirds vote to increase taxes or exceed the cap.” (6-4-06, COS Gazette)
RINO? Um, no. If you don’t like Crank, hey, just say so! 🙂
Never met him but he sounds like a good candidate. I’ve never been impressed with Lamborn.
My point is that party leadership has little chance of repairing the republican rift. CFG and christian coalition will continue to pursue a path of intra-party destruction until it backfires. Maybe the upcoming CD-2 primary will be that event.
I do like Crank, but I am more interested in getting rid of Lamborn than getting Crank elected. If McElhany or Suthers want to run I would support them as equally as Crank. Lamborn is not healthy for the district. We need a leader.
Didn’t the Christian Coalition and Chuck Gosnell support Jeff Crank at one point?
I believe that would be impossible because after working as Hefley’s chief of staff Crank went into the private sector and didn’t run for anything until he ran for the 5th CD in 2004.
While Jeff Crank has not run for public office before 2004, he hasn’t held several party offices. I am sure that I have seen flyers where, running for party office, he has received the Christian Coalition’s endorsement.
that the Christian Coalition did support Jeff before the 5th CD race, then they are hypocrites. Does any one have evidence of any fliers done by the CCC in support of Jeff Crank?
I am sure it was at the county assembly where they elected bonus members. Maybe not, I can’t remember for sure.
Garcia’s point in his statement – and my comments subsequent – are that “running herd” on dishonest politicians is a strong and healthy things for the county party.
apparently innuendo and not discussing the issues is fine in the general
“…we have seen divisive, dishonest attacks and damaging inferences. As we move forward, we will leave those political tactics – and anyone who utilizes them or will not disavow them – behind.”
They won’t have a party left…
They will have to become Democrats.
He’s a good chairman. He may not be able to do a lot if things get negetive, but at least he said it and if a candidate goes negetive, they’ll look like a jerk
Greg Garcia is a stand up guy trying to avoid the nasty campaigning that hurt the party in the last election cycle.
Last week, favorable comments Garcia made about Lamborn were in the Gazette. And, Lamborn’s people ran with it. This week, Garcia did what the party leadership should have done in 2006 and didn’t. Now, Lamborn’s people want to run away from it. The Hotalings and Gosnell seriously wounded the party and themselves in 2006. Maybe we can recover. We shall see.
This is a serious question. There’s no need to publicly embarrass them any more than they were and should have been in the past by mentioning their names again. But, some hold elective office while hold others influential positions in Christian organizations. The fact that these individuals did not disavow Lamborn’s tactics in 2006 has seriously wounded their credibility, as evidenced, for example, by the results of the election of El Paso County bonus members this year. If Lamborn and his supporters pick up where they left off in 2006, what repurcussions will there be to those endorsers if they should once again remain silent? Let’s say that they aren’t the ones doctoring newspapers headlines like Gosnell (the Christian Coalition of Colorado). Let’s say Gosnell does the same again this year, whether finding some retired Denver accountant or someone else to front the money, and reissues the exact same wedding cake his piece as he did in 2006, via the CCofC. [He would just need to leave Rivera’s name off since Rivera isn’t running.] Garcia’s press release puts the onus on Lamborn to disavow that wedding cake hit piece. It doesn’t expressly address Lamborn’s endorsers that didn’t fund the piece. And, that’s fine. But, if they remain silent again in 2008, it really says they agree with the methods, and reflects on their bona fides, or lack thereof, as men purporting to have a Christian faith, whether as elected officials or as influential officers with Christian organizations.
What Will Tom Minnery Do? Will he disavow the tactics and dirty tricks of the Lamborn campaign? Or will he endorse and support a candidate who has no accepted gambling contributions twice from sources that Focus on the Family itself has criticized?
I was only passively aware, via this site, of Lamborn’s campaign. So, my question is what is fair game and what isnt? Is GOPpundits insinuation that the comments were directed at Lamborn a violation of this call to resist attacks? Are your threads about Lamborn’s voting or comments about his financials below the belt? Personally, I dont care, but everyone acts like the so-called 11th commandment should be revered, yet bash their person’s opponent.
Silence does not equal complicity. In fact, and I am no expert, but isnt a politician calling out a PAC or an outside organization for their actions an acknowledgement of that outside group, and thereby illegal? I thought this was an issue before, and I dont remember a resolution. I know you are talking about individuals, but I wanted to throw that out there to find out what the deal was.
Back to the individuals. I dont really know almost any of the names mentioned, but still silence does not equal complicity. Really, you are trying to push a false dichotomy, a sort of low-level with us or against us. I also find it a little troubling that you are insinuating that being a christian and being a Lamborn supporter, or at least not calling to the carpet “unchristian” like behavior with regards to this campaign means they are weak in faith, or they arent really christian. Again, I find myself not really caring, but I must admit to a little guilty pleasure in watching republicans and christians eat their own.