Lucero v.s. Brown

7 thoughts on “Lucero v.s. Brown”

1. Kind of a crappy poll, since it is widely understood that other Republicans are going to join the field. So shouldn’t you at least include an “Other”? See the Big Line in the left sidebar if you are out of the loop.  

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   1. None of the above. If I was making a bet, I would say Cory Gardner. Unless Bob Schaffer decides to run, because I still think he could win the primary.

      It really doesn’t matter anyway, because Betsy Markey has done a flawless job so far. If she keeps it up, she’ll be able to defend her seat easily. If that’s the case, she is going to be there for a good while.

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      1. Which freshman hasn’t done a “flawless job” thus far?  I mean, it’s been a couple of weeks since she took office.  Any sizeable mistake at this point would be devastating.

         “Flawless job” two weeks into it is kind of a low bar, isn’t it?

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         1. But she also could have done things that were ho hum. She’s done everything right: from the agriculture committee, to pledging to fly home every weekend for town hall meetings, and then introducing estate tax reform for family farms with John Salazar. Not only has she done things, but they were positive things for the people in her district.

            Obviously there’s a ton of work to be done, and she’s not going to be perfect, but she hasn’t done anything to draw the ire of anyone… even conservatives. Take a look at the announcements from Lucero and the other GOP CD-4 candidates–they’re not bashing Markey. Even with her vote on the resolution to release the bailout money, she voted with her district, rather than the liberal members of the Colorado delegation. There’s something to be said for that.

            If you want to see someone who’s had a slightly rockier start, take a look at Jared Polis. He got a lot of praise from moderates and Republicans for his WSJ editorial, but the left ripped him a new one–both on DKos and here. He is in a safe Dem district, but still. He stirred up trouble. Markey is just doing her job, and doing it well in the short period that she’s been in office.

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            1. Any Republican announcing officially for her seat is doing it prematurely.  My argument cuts both ways, we can’t give her too much credit for not messing up anything two weeks into her new job, but no Republican can really make the argument as to why she should be unseated because she has only been in her job for two weeks.  Imagine the appeals now…  “I’m (enter name here), a Republican candidate for congress because Betsy Markey…..well, she’s not a Republican and the Cook Political report rates us as a Republican district and that’s what we should have.”

               Not very compelling, is it?  The way I see it is that when one announces, they should have a compelling reason for doing so.  Sure, lay the ground work now because we all know that Markey is going to be targeted because of the Republican nature of the district, but don’t say that you’re targeting her until you have a better reason for doing so.

               And that’s why I think Tom’s announcement is going to go as far as Sherrif Anderson did in 2006.  Being the first to file isn’t always a good thing if people think you’re doing it out of pure ambition.

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         2. Only Democrat to vote against his party on the first three votes of the session: Lilly Ledbetter, pay equity and S-Chip expansion.

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   2. but decided just to see what people would vote for if it was just the two of them.

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