Stirewaltisms: Colorado Dems Elevate Election Denier to Help Polis

Remember when Bill Clinton encouraged his friend Donald Trump to run for the Republican nomination in 2016?

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[Editor’s note: We finished the work on this week’s note right before the Supreme Court’s abortion decision came down. It’s too soon to know how this will hit specific races, which will substantially depend on the actions taken in statehouses in the coming days and weeks and how candidates come down on this massive shift in the political landscape. The Dispatch team will be on the case, but I’ll be back next week with more analysis. Until then, ignore hyperbole and deterministic analysis, particularly from partisans.]

Colorado gubernatorial candidate Greg Lopez. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/Denver Post/Getty Images.)

COLORADO DEMS ELEVATE ELECTION DENIER TO HELP POLIS

Some on the left are getting seriously alarmed about the possibility that a bunch of kooks or crooks may win key positions for administering elections in the anticipated Republican wave in this fall’s midterm elections. 

“MAGA leaders intend to use 2022 midterm wins to install Trump in 2024 regardless of the vote,” LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman told his fellow Democratic mega-donors at a recent meeting to raise millions for defeating Republican candidates who supported Donald Trump’s effort to steal a second term.

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    Ben Connelly

    “ “Photo of President Donald J. Trump offering former AEI research assistant Samantha Goldstein a position at his new 'Center for TRUMP Studies' think tank as a Senior Trump Fellow focusing on his 3rd term in 2025.”—Craig Berry, Frankfort, Illinois ”

    Haha, that’s awesome. Hope she would turn him down cold.

    “ Former President Bill Clinton famously encouraged his friend Trump to run for the Republican nomination in 2016, no doubt believing it would help Clinton’s wife’s chances.”

    Always a good reminder.

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  2. Ben P

    This is a tough strategy to pull off in Colorado, because we have open primaries. All unaffiliated voters get two primary ballots: one D, one R. The D one this year has zero contested races, so the only one that makes sense to fill out is R. The "so and so is too conservative for Colorado" tactic might push some Republicans toward so-and-so, but it will push a lot of unaffiliated voters to the more moderate choice. At which point, the question is how many of those unaffiliated voters will decide to send in a Republican primary ballot.

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    Stephanie

    I'll venture one comment about the Dobbs decision and the 2022 elections.

    Polls after the Alito decision draft was leaked showed it hadn't "moved the needle" and David French repeated that in the AO pod dealing the final Dobbs decision last week.

    So it may not make a difference.

    But I personally noted that once the Dobbs decision was handed down, all kinds of family members, friends, people on social media seemed to find out about the decision for the first time. They were too busy with daily life to learn about the draft being leaked. So there was a whole new shock wave, and many people are angry now, to whom this came as a surprise.

    Just sayin'.

    But even that anger could fade before November, unless some really bad stories start emerging about women's lives being endangered, or if there's some unfortunate fallout that gets people upset & focused on the issue.

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    Stephanie

    I'll venture one comment about the Dobbs decision and the 2022 elections.

    Polls after the Alito decision draft was leaked showed it hadn't "moved the needle" and David French repeated that in the AO pod dealing the final Dobbs decision last week.

    So it may not make a difference.

    But I personally noted that once the Dobbs decision was handed down, all kinds of family members, friends, people on social media seemed to find out about the decision for the first time. They were too busy with daily life to learn about the draft being leaked. So there was a whole new shock wave, and many people are angry now, to whom this came as a surprise.

    Just sayin'.

    But even that anger could fade before November, unless some really bad stories start emerging about women's lives being endangered, or if there's some unfortunate fallout that gets people upset & focused on the issue.

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    Stephanie

    I'll venture one comment about the Dobbs decision and the 2022 elections.

    Polls after the Alito decision draft was leaked showed it hadn't "moved the needle" and David French repeated that in the AO pod dealing the final Dobbs decision last week.

    So it may not make a difference.

    But I personally noted that once the Dobbs decision was handed down, all kinds of family members, friends, people on social media seemed to find out about the decision for the first time. They were too busy with daily life to learn about the draft being leaked. So there was a whole new shock wave, and many people are angry now, to whom this came as a surprise.

    Just sayin'.

    But even that anger could fade before November, unless some really bad stories start emerging about women's lives being endangered.

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    JohnM.

    I hope you're not lumping together the Dem push for MAGA candidates here in Colorado with the bipartisan effort to dislodge our current national embarrassment Lauren Boebert, Mr. Stirewalt. With open primaries in my ruby red congressional district, electing a well respected moderate GOP state senator with Dem support to represent us is our only chance to get rid of her. And we may very well succeed!

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    Wilhelm

    It's Ganahl, not Ganhal.

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    Anne W (Raw5254)

    I’m having trouble understanding the idea of Gavin Newsom running for President. Is he that popular as governor of CA? I hear so many complaints about state regulations, the homeless and drug addicted, etc. Maybe I just don’t understand CA politics, but I can’t imagine him being popular with the country.

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      JohnM.

      He's had the itch since he was the mayor of S.F. 18 years ago.

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        Anne W (Raw5254)

        I listen to Adam Carolla and Mark Geragos complain about him on their podcast. I find it interesting because Mr. Geragos describes himself as a liberal Democrat. I guess Adam Carolla is more of a Libertarian.

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    CynthiaW

    "... ignore hyperbole and deterministic analysis, particularly from partisans ..."

    I love you, Mr. Stirewalt. I'd get a tattoo of the above clause, except my mother made me swear a blood oath that I'd never get a tattoo.

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      J. Eric

      Come on! Get the tattoo!

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        CynthiaW

        Even if it was on the bottom of my foot, my mom would know.

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          Anne W (Raw5254)

          Your mom is wise. I would never get one, but you get a button or a t-shirt.

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            CynthiaW

            I also swore not to be a teenage mother, not to ride a motorcycle, and not to be a police officer or work for the CIA. My mother had a very personalized list of concerns!

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          Anne W (Raw5254)

          😂

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          J. Eric

          Hahaha

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  10. Paul Teitelbaum

    “Some on the left are getting seriously alarmed. . .” But the dems are gaming the system. That is rank “whataboutism”. I stand by my comment.

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