CO: Public Policy Polling: Hickenlooper keeps his strong lead

[Tender Branson]

New Poll: Colorado Governor by Public Policy Polling on 2010-10-16

Summary: D: 47%, R: 13%, I: 33%, U: 7%

Poll Source URL: Full Poll Details

[Meeker]

Please go below 10% Mr. Maes. I beg of you.

[Eraserhead]

Please go below 10% Mr. Maes. I beg of you.

It seems like a more realistic possibility everyday.

[Niemeyerite]

Please go below 10% Mr. Maes. I beg of you.

yes, It would be really funny to have the GOP as a minor party in 2012 xD.

[Tender Branson]

Please go below 10% Mr. Maes. I beg of you.

Why would you like that to happen ?

If Maes drops below 10%, Tancredo staubsaugs more of his lost support and it is more likely that Maes drops out.

Don´t you want Hick to win ?

[Capitan Zapp Brannigan]

Please go below 10% Mr. Maes. I beg of you.

yes, It would be really funny to have the GOP as a minor party in 2012 xD.

And 2014. It could potentially hurt their state senate and state legislature races in those two years as well.

Also, Hickenlooper having problems getting past the 45-48% range does not give me great hope for Bennett's chances.

[Meeker]

Please go below 10% Mr. Maes. I beg of you.

Why would you like that to happen ?

If Maes drops below 10%, Tancredo staubsaugs more of his lost support and it is more likely that Maes drops out.

Don´t you want Hick to win ?

I don't think Maes could possibly go below 7-9%. That should be enough to allow Hickenlooper to win.

If they fall below 10% though it causes all sorts of problems for the Colorado GOP in the future - for instance, their candidates would only be allowed to raise half as much money as Democrats in the state.

[memphis]

Even though it benefits my party in this race, elections with spoiler candidates are so lame.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

I would presume that, should the GOP fall below 10% in this race, that the legislature will craft some kind of workaround.

[Meeker]

I would presume that, should the GOP fall below 10% in this race, that the legislature will craft some kind of workaround.

Not if the Democrats manage to hold on to either the State House or Senate this year.

[Dgov]

Interesting in that there doesn't appear to be much racial division in the voting intentions here.  Probably a function of the small sample size, but Tancredo and Hickenlooper are each getting within 6 points of their average totals in each racial group.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

I would presume that, should the GOP fall below 10% in this race, that the legislature will craft some kind of workaround.

Not if the Democrats manage to hold on to either the State House or Senate this year.

Just because it's possible to fuck Republicans over for partisan gain doesn't mean Democrats will.

[jimrtex]

If they fall below 10% though it causes all sorts of problems for the Colorado GOP in the future - for instance, their candidates would only be allowed to raise half as much money as Democrats in the state.

You start losing lawsuits at that point.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

If they fall below 10% though it causes all sorts of problems for the Colorado GOP in the future - for instance, their candidates would only be allowed to raise half as much money as Democrats in the state.

You start losing lawsuits at that point.

How would it fair in terms of a equal protection case?

[jimrtex]

If they fall below 10% though it causes all sorts of problems for the Colorado GOP in the future - for instance, their candidates would only be allowed to raise half as much money as Democrats in the state.

You start losing lawsuits at that point.

How would it fair in terms of a equal protection case?

The Democratic/Baathist/Communist party is effectively fused with the state, dissent against the party becomes dissent against the state.

And what would the State's rational be for muzzling free speech?  They want to discourage factionalism?  They want to avoid ballot crowding?

[Smash255]

If they fall below 10% though it causes all sorts of problems for the Colorado GOP in the future - for instance, their candidates would only be allowed to raise half as much money as Democrats in the state.

You start losing lawsuits at that point.

How would it fair in terms of a equal protection case?

The Democratic/Baathist/Communist party is effectively fused with the state, dissent against the party becomes dissent against the state.

And what would the State's rational be for muzzling free speech?  They want to discourage factionalism?  They want to avoid ballot crowding?

The whole 10% thing was actually put in place by the Republicans......

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

And Attorney General John Suthers would have to defend against the suit. He is a potential GOP candidate for Governor in 2014 and would benefit from it being removed. lol

[King]

Is tancredo just an independent or he is running under a third party banner? If the later the GOP would just have to work out co-endorsement with that party. Correct?

[Meeker]

I would presume that, should the GOP fall below 10% in this race, that the legislature will craft some kind of workaround.

Not if the Democrats manage to hold on to either the State House or Senate this year.

Just because it's possible to fuck Republicans over for partisan gain doesn't mean Democrats will.

They wouldn't have to actively do anything, just not pass a fixer law.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

And Vepres says the Democrats at least keep the Senate as there aren't enough seats up for vote.