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October 27, 2005 08:00 AM UTC

Tough Spot for Republicans?

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  • by: Colorado Pols

SoapBlox Colorado has a post about the Colorado Republicans meeting together to get over their differences after the Referenda C&D vote in which they point to a Denver Post article that says Governor Bill Owens and Rep. Bob Beauprez may not be able to attend.

This brings up an interesting point: by announcing this get-together, are Republicans putting people in a tough spot if they have true scheduling conflicts? If Beauprez, for example, can’t come back to Colorado because he is stuck in Washington D.C., he’s going to look like he doesn’t care…even if that has nothing to do with why he can’t come. There’s going to be a lot of pressure on Republican politicians to show up at the meeting, and the media is sure to point out which big-name elephants didn’t make it to the pow-wow. What began like a well-intentioned idea might end up being trouble for some Republicans.

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15 thoughts on “Tough Spot for Republicans?

  1. Sounds to me that the Guv thinks C & D are going down and he doesn’t want to face the music.  Also that Beauprez, as the Guv’s guy, has been ordered to stay away. 

    Party unity, indeed!

  2. BB could go if he really wanted to. After all – he’s already missed a lot of votes since he decided to give up the seat. What’s one more Friday off?

  3. “…Freedom Works was conveniently left off the invite list.”

    Appreciate the mention but FreedomWorks is not a Republican, or partisan, organization. It stands for low taxes, less government and more individual freedom. Not the Republican, Libertarian or Democrat parties.

  4. “Just shows how out of touch R wackos like Stengel are. “

    poor Joe. His head must be spinning, “I was for Referenda C before I was against it.”

  5. BB won’t go to the Love Fest… With the way he has sat the fence on C&D, it would be like going to an ex-girlfriend convention with Claudia… No permanent damage from attending, but the experience would be painful for BB.

  6. “FreedomWorks is absolute nonpartisan.”

    I like Freedom Works. I agree with the group’s philosophies. I’ll be happy to campaign for any candidate who believes in less government, lower taxes and more freedom.

    Libertarians probably are most in line with these beliefs.
    Republicans come second.
    Democrats..well can’t say I’m biased because I look at the facts and it’s quite clear that most Democrats currently in office don’t agree at all with less government, lower taxes and more freedom.

    Democrats
    100% voted for Referenda C & D
    Republicans
    37% of the House voted yes, 47% of the Senate voted yes

    Adult Primary seat belt law HB1138
    House Democrats 65% voted yes
    House Republicans 23% voted yes

    Smoking Ban in all privately owned businesses (not just including bars or restaurants) SB207
    Senate Democrats 89% voted yes
    Senate Republicans 0% voted yes

    The Democrats currently in office mainly seem to want to nanny, tax and create more social programs.

    I think the Libertarians would be shining stars when it came to voting records but that’s an assumption since we don’t even have one in our House or Senate, dangit.

    One only has to look at the Supreme Court’s decision on eminent domain to figure out you can’t count on Republicans to hold true to good policy just because they have an ‘R’ behind their name.

    I’m very glad Freedom Works is in Colorado for the long run. I think this next session will produce much legislation that falls under bigger government and less freedom for the people. Freedom Works, Colorado Union of Taxpayers, Independence Institute and all the volunteers will have their hands full.

  7. Freedom Works is all but non-existent in Colorado, claiming only 600 members.  By contrast, the AARp has 600,000!  Freedom Works is a non player, but, unfortunately, we have plenty of home grown wing nuts in this state.  As to libertarians, former State Rep. Penn Pfiffner was chairman of the libertarian party before he ran for the lege as a Republican.

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