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September 06, 2013 11:00 AM UTC

Greg Brophy Nimbly Dances Around Obvious Secession Questions

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  • by: Colorado Pols

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As the Grand Junction Sentinel's Charles Ashby reports:

[I]f some people in several of the counties in his expansive northeast Colorado Senate district have their way, the Wray Republican who’s seeking the GOP nomination to challenge Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper soon could live in another state.

The state of North Colorado.

Brophy, who’s in town to attend this weekend’s Club 20 fall meeting, said that while he encouraged commissioners in numerous counties in his district to place a 51st state initiative on their November ballots, he isn’t necessarily in favor of the idea…

“I encouraged my county commissioners to move forward with this to catch the governor’s attention and the state Legislature’s attention,” Brophy said. “I think that most of the counties will vote to secede, but it won’t pass through the state Legislature.”

If such a vote passed, though, Brophy said he would be obligated to introduce a measure into the Legislature if his constituents demanded it of him, even though he’s not sure how he would vote on it.

Greg Brophy.
Greg Brophy.

Sen. Greg Brophy's (albeit wholly realistic) lack of confidence in the ultimate success of the movement to split a number of rural Colorado counties, including Brophy's own Yuma County, into the separate state of North Colorado, could upset secession's proponents. If somebody "encouraged" you to do something, but then told a newspaper on the other side of the state that you're not "necessarily in favor" of it, wouldn't you find that a little two-faced?

With that said, it makes an obvious kind of sense that Brophy would keep his options open on how to vote on legislation to allow these counties to secede even if he was its sponsor–after all, he needs to preserve his status as a serious contender for governor of, you know, the rest of Colorado. We've been wondering how Brophy intended to juggle these competing interests.

And the answer is, as delicately as he can.

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12 thoughts on “Greg Brophy Nimbly Dances Around Obvious Secession Questions

  1. There are other ways to catch politicians attention like oh say good legislative proposals that contribute to the betterment of our communities.  Tancredo is going to wipe the mat with this wimp guns or no guns.

  2. So, the senator is encouraging the commissioners across the eastern plains to continue their move to secede, yet he's quoted in last week's American Spectator saying he won't vote for it.

    As the sitting state senator in the 2014 legislature for the proposed 51st state, he'll be asked to carry the legislation to commence the secession process once the counties have voted on the issue in November. Which he is encouraging. And he expects will pass. Because he is encouraging its passage. But he doesn't support it. Or he does. While he's running for Governor of the state from which they seek secession.

    Brilliant…

  3. People who try to play both ends agaist the middle usually come to some bad end. He could actually lose his seat in Colorado's legislature over a stunt like that. Never mind what might happen to him if Weldistan ever actually comes to be. I cry for him; but my tears are tears of laughter. 

    1. It's brilliant enough everyone out here may well fall for it.  Even the petitioners locally were admitting "this isn't going to happen, but at least everyone is talking about us now".  He's term-limited after the 2014 session so look for him to 1) vy for a Cabinet position [under a theoretical Tancredo governship], 2) continue to build-up his storehouse of crazy allegations and conspiracy theories and convert that into a local radio show [ala Palin], 3) seek refuge with John Andrews or Caldara, or 4) convert to one of those dreaded lobbyists. This ill-fated gubernatorial run is yet just another launching pad for a career politician who has spent more than a decade decrying government and progressives while using said platform to catapult him into his next career.

  4. Per wise old Abe Lincoln, I don't think we can call Brophy two-faced.

    (Called two-faced by a rival, Lincoln responded, "If I had another face, do you think I'd wear this one?")

     

  5. Haughty, spoiled, holier than thou, self absorbed, sneaky, liar, greedy, power hungry, criminal, 'good ol boy', predjudice, judgmental, heartless and vindictive.  Maybe he isn't two faced but he is everything I have listed here and more.

     

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