He need to get over his ego and do what is best for CO Republican Party and his fellow congressional , statewide, and local campaigns

It was time for Maes to go a month ago, when the CO GOP could still replace him on the ballot. Now, Tranc is unlikely to win even if Maes drops out, and some commenters here have mentioned that Maes getting under 10% of the vote has really bad side effects.

What kind of man is he? Equally as important, what kind of Republican… strike that, what kind of conservative… strike THAT… What kind of American is Dan Maes?

Is he the kind of American who understands that the nation is in danger, and who is willing to do the hard thing to do his small part of saving her?

…if you’re arguing that the Republicans should then support the 3rd party candidate, Tancredo.

1) Tancredo can’t win a 2-way race by all reports.

2) If Maes gets less than 10%, the Republicans lose their position at the top of the ballot (which will adversely affect Republican candidates for years to come) – according to other commenters yesterday

3) Most importantly, this undermines the entire rationale for RedState opposing the other 3rd party candidates (and write-ins) who lost in the primary.

RedState has stated most clearly that we support the winners of Republican primaries in the general elections, barring extraordinary circumstances. Being third in a 3-way race does not constitute such a circumstance.

Rather it seems to be putting expediency above principle, which is exactly the same argument that the “moderates” make in advancing their candidates’ third party runs: that the Republican nominee can’t win.

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Now it would be different if the Republican party could replace Maes with another or stronger candidate. In that case there no violation of policy, and you have a good argument for Maes to drop out for the good of the party.

However, doesn’t appear to be what you are arguing here.

(And apparently, according to earlier comments, Maes can’t be replaced at this late date.)

Sometimes you’ve just got to admit you have a probably lost race and try to salvage what you can – which here is the very tangible benefit or maintaining ballot position

I don’t know that Erick was saying that we should go all in for Tancredo – I saw no mention of supporting Tancredo specifically – but if Maes drops out, his supporters will generally wind up going for Tancredo, which serves the end of getting the Governor’s mansion out of the hands of the Dems.

Being 3rd in a 3-way isnt extraordinary, no.. being that far behind and in danger of only bringing in a single digit percentage of votes IS extraordinary.

I mean, it takes some top-shelf incompetence to removal the inherent advantages that having an R next to your name gives you.

- Tancredo hates Maes. It’s personal.

- Tancredo has said he would drop out if Maes does. Now that Tancredo is polling in the 30′s I doubt he’ll keep that promise. Tom is on a serious ego trip right now.

- Earlier this year Tancredo told the Tea Party we needed to avoid third party candidates as that would just hand the election to the Dems. The Tea Party has since asked Tancredo “WTF” and he has declined to respond.

- Jane Norton is a terrible choice. She was anointed by the establishment to run. Couldn’t answer questions on her own – had to keep asking her campaign manager for help. Refused to meet with the Tea Party. Her entire campaign strategy appears to have been to sit on the nomination and launch attack ads against whoever her opponent turned out to be.

- If Maes did drop out that does not mean we support Tancredo. The R’s would appoint someone else to run on the ticket and we would try to support that candidate (unless it turned out to be the execrable Norton).

- Time is pretty much out. Mail in ballots go out on the 12th, and there must be time to print them in advance.

There is no Republican Candidate.
It would be very difficult but not impossible for Tancredo to win unless Maes and the Republican party would endorse him afterwards. All in all ,not very likely.
I hope and pray that this situation doesn’t hurt Buck, Frazier and the rest of the ticket.

is this CO or AK?

Had Republicans gotten behind OUR nominee and avoided their destruction of him, he would have been well-ahead of Hickenlooper right now. He was tied with him when Tancredo and all the “important” Republicans jumped in with their well-executed war of personal destruction. I’ll never support any of them again, for anything.

This is Alaska and Florida all over again. We can thank Tancredo for it. He wasn’t nominated by the people but by a small group in a back-room deal.

Tancredo’s candidacy is at least as legitimate as Hoffman’s was in NY-23. In that case, the Republican mainly suffered from unacceptable ideology, whereas Maes falsified at least part of his biography. Essentially, Maes perpetrated a fraud on Republican primary voters, and there is no reason why he should be allowed to benefit from his wrongdoing.

Tancredo said he would withdraw if the GOP fielded a legitimate candidate. Later he issued a contradictory statement, but in any case, what would have happened is pure speculation- the deadline has passed. I think he would have dropped out, and certainly conservatives would have been right to demand he do so.

But as the situation has unfolded, the only viable option is for Maes to drop out and Republicans to support Tancredo. He’s a conservative who stood up to the GOP establishment while in Congress, and while it would be tough for him to beat Hickenlooper, his chances are certainly greater than Maes’.

You get assaulted with about 3 simultaneous streams of audio when you hit his home page. And what’s with the kid in the headlock?

How’s “45%” Portman doing? Quite the know it all you are.

How’s “45%” Portman doing? Quite the know it all you are.

But doesn’t endorse ODonnel, Crist is having serious trouble, Mirucowskee supposedly statistical dead heat with Miller, and Tancredo is ahead. Odd year for usurpers.

But doesn’t endorse ODonnel, Crist is having serious trouble, Mirucowskee supposedly statistical dead heat with Miller, and Tancredo is ahead. Odd year for usurpers.

While not necessarily a tea party member, I do agree with most of what they do, the exception being their support of Maes. I was not for Maes from the beginning..he just seemed week and un-vetted. Then, the Republican primary has 19,000 people choosing NOT to vote for either candidate, so Maes winds up winning by default. (McInnis probably could NOT have won with the $300k for the plagiarized report, yada-yada). Lately, I hear Maes, on the radio mostly, and he’s really seems to :
a) not accept the reality that he’s WAY behind in ALL polls and truly is now a 3rd party candidate;
b) not care for Conservatives in the state that really want to and SHOULD, especially in this year, win the governorship;
c) have WAY too many questionable dealings, won’t release tax returns, lied about his position as a detective in Kansas, huge fine for campaign finance violations, etc.

I am completely un-enthused and unsupportive of anything he’s doing, and while I was originally upset with Tancredo for sticking his ego into the race, I’ve now come to believe that Maes ego is, the worse of the two, and I do know exactly what I’m getting with a conservative Tancredo.

So, that’s who I support this fall.

I am REALLY ready to throw out the ALL of the Republican leadership within the Great State of Colorado!!