Guess who?
Lynn Bartels of the Denver Post takes a look at the race to succeed Congressman Cory Gardner in CD-4, which includes a particularly interesting tidbit about the secession issue.
Weld County Commissioner Barbara Kirkmeyer has the endorsement of fellow Commissioner Sean Conway, who was one of the ringleaders of last year's disastrous secession efforts. Weld County voters opposed secession when the final ballots were cast, as did the overwhelming majority of voters who cast a ballot on the issue. But that doesn't mean Kirkmeyer won't use her support of secession in a Republican Primary, as Bartels reports:
She noted her involvement in last year's secession movement involving 11 counties — 10 of which are in the 4th District.
"It wasn't so much about seceding from the state as it was sending a message that there's a lot of discontent with what was going on at the state Capitol," Kirkmeyer said, pointing to bills about renewable energy mandates and gun control.
Buck was opposed to secession. Renfroe, while in agreement that the Democratic-controlled legislature was not listening, did not publicly say where he stood.
Former Senate candidate and current CD-4 frontrunner Ken Buck opposed secession when pressed to give an opinion last fall, but Gardner has consistently avoided the question — to the extent that the Denver Post editorial board even called him out on it. Now running for the U.S. Senate, Gardner would like to continue to avoid answering that question. But as Kirkmeyer continues to make it an issue, she may also force Scott Renfroe to publicly support the idea as well. If secession becomes something of a litmus test for Republican candidates in CD-4, you can bet it will only increase the pressure on Gardner to say something about his position — and there's only one good answer to that question for "Con Man Cory."
"Con Man Cory?"
Really, Pols, you're better than that.
I agree, I don't think that phrase has legs.
Someday perhaps, it'll be Convicted Felon Cory, although he might be slippery enough that he's never caught.
But "Say Anything" Cory would fit: past, present and future.
And Gardner will serve 25 to life in prison.
And earned every single one of the days in prison.
Nah, the penalty for corruption is nowhere near that severe. But keeping him out of office, with all the harm he could otherwise do, is good enough for me.
"Hey did you notice what I said? No, you're not biting? OK, let me restate. Then declaim we don't want to go there. Such transperant tomfoolery? It's what trolls do." Translation from the original Trollglish.
I thought that would be below the next set of excrement.
dusty, Udall has a conviction.
What is Gardner guilty of, changing his position?
Udall has a conviction, drugs in the 70's, so why go there?
Meh. It's a thing.
If there is only one good answer, then you can bet Cory will have at least two or three bad ones depending on the audience at the time.
Gardner knows that the answer that plays best in CD-4 will not play well in a state-wide race, and Buck is finding that his Senate race answer is not convenient for a CD-4 primary. Sometimes things get messy. So sorry for both of them…