From Ballot Access News:
A Fox News Poll released several days ago for the Colorado gubernatorial election shows these results: Hickenlooper, Democrat, 44%; Tancredo, Constitution, 34%; Maes, Republican, 15%; others and undecided 7%. The share of the vote for the Republican nominee, Dan Maes, has been dropping with each new poll. If he polls less than 10%, the Republican Party will no longer be a qualified major party and will no longer have a random chance of obtaining the top line on the ballot. Thanks to Cody Quirk for the link to this news story about the poll.
Yeah Lake, it sure looks like the CP is failing…
NOT!
In the words of Ace Ventura: Le-hoo-ze-herr!
= Basically, yes.
“Matt Cholko // Oct 6, 2010 at 5:30 pm
As third party people, we probably shouldn’t be hoping for anyone to lose ballot access.”
Republicans and Democrats have been screwing minor party and independent candidates over for years. It would serve them right to lose by their own rules which they passed in order to make things more difficult for minor party and independent candidates.
As third party people, we probably shouldn’t be hoping for anyone to lose ballot access. However, if they do, they will certainly change the rules – which may benefit third parties. Certainly, all third parties in the state should use the opportunity to lobby the legislators to ease ballot access requirements in general.
That would be hilarious if the Republican Party loses major party status in Colorado. It would serve them right.
I guess I shouldn’t say widely in the lead, but solidly in the lead.
C James: “Latest Rasmussen poll on realclearpolitics shows Hickenlooper up 43-35 with Maes at 15% and undecided at 7%…”
Um, except for one percentage point to Tancredo from Hickenlooper (who’s widely in the lead anyway), this is the same thing that was already posted.
In CT when the Dems were faced with the possibility of losing their major party status a law was passed to make impossible for the Dems or Reps to lose their status while easing the statewide petitioning requirement for others.
“Too bad the same can’t be said for that joke started by Alan Keyes!”
In the words of Ace Ventura: Le-hoo-ze-herr!
Yep, even if he only gets second place, the CP will still do very well and are already getting a lot of publicity for this.
Too bad the same can’t be said for that joke started by Alan Keyes!
Latest Rasmussen poll on realclearpolitics shows Hickenlooper up 43-35 with Maes at 15% and undecided at 7%, so the ground for Tancredo to make up is decreasing steadily….
How’s Pastor Baldwin doin’? How was his P2008 California ballot issue?
= Better then your pathetic struggle against CALVETS!
br: The Republican Party is the enemy of Liberty and needs to die.
me: As are the Ds. But it seems histrionic to put it this way, as if a political party is somehow inherently an actor. It’s not. It’s a vessel. The Rs and Ds don’t advocate liberty because its leadership and membership don’t, and for the most part the voters don’t.
Ron Paul generally advocates liberty, and in his mind he always does. He’s a R.
If Tancredo wins, and the CP gets organized to make use of his victory, it could help them grow nationwide.
If Tancredo doesn’t win, there will be little long term benefit for the CP as this will be seen as Tancredo’s race and not the CP’s.
The Republican Party is the enemy of Liberty and needs to die. So, let’s hope they start by losing ballot access in Colorado. Sure, they’ll probably just change the law to regain it. But, this could be a good beginning.
While I’d LOVE to see the Rs (and the Ds, for that matter) implode due to internal warfare and corruption of purpose, this seems less likely if they take back either the House or Senate, or even make big gains, as the polls are currently suggesting.
5 The Prediction’s thinking is mine, except that these elections are shaping up to be a kind of stay of execution for the Rs. The LP could appeal to the non-hard-right elements in the GOP, but we have a tradition of (IMO) confusing “principle” with radical and rapid change, regardless of the dislocation it would likely cause.
My impression had been that the CP was too mired in its own bickering to serve as a home for the disenchanted hard right of the GOP. Perhaps the Tancredo campaign could facilitate such a drainage.
My prediction is that this will happen but the Republican Party will find some way around the rules.
Well, they still have a lot of state legislators, so they could change the rules.
“If [Maes] polls less than 10%, the Republican Party will no longer be a qualified major party and will no longer have a random chance of obtaining the top line on the ballot. ”
Very unlikely that he drops more than 5% from 15% in a month. But it would be so interesting if that happens.
Haven’t had time to finish this article yet. here’s the outline, others are welcome to finish it if they get to it before me (it’s in drafts, https://independentpoliticalreport.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=19580&action=edit if you write at IPR).
Title: Republicans: The New ‘Third Party’?
Body: Not exactly, but…
*Colorado: Republican Dan Maes getting relegated to “third party” status behind the Constitution Party’s Tom Tancredo
*DC: Greens as DC’s 2nd Party
*NY: Establishment Republican Rick Lazio initially running for governor as a third party candidate on the Conservative Party Ticket
*Alaska, Kansas: Recent Republican primary losers considered, and rejected, by the Libertarian and Alaskan Independence Parties
*Greens as 2nd Party in several US cities
*Florida: Establishment Republican Crist withdraws, runs as independent
*RI: Former Republican Chaffee running as independent
Is Tancredo hammering the Republicans for being “spoilers” and asking his supporters to demand that they withdraw from the race yet? LOL
Once the Republican Party falls apart it will be possible for the socialists in both the Green and the Democratic Parties to find their own home, leaving a rump Democratic Party and a reinvigorated Green Party.
That will leave a very narrow window of opportunity for electoral reform across the several states before two strong, dominant political parties are re-established for another century and a half.
we are seeing the early signs of the demise of the Republican Party. Mr. Reagan and Mr. Goldwater would be shocked. The far right will go with the Constitution Party and those in the middle will go to the Libertarian Party. That leaves the socialists in the Democrat Party.
My prediction is that this will happen but the Republican Party will find some way around the rules. Remember Texas during the 2008 election when both Democrats and Republicans missed the filing deadline.
How’s Pastor Baldwin doin’? How was his P2008 California ballot issue?
Yeah Lake, it sure looks like the Constitution Party is imploding.
NOT!
Wow.
Let them experience how that feels. Perhaps that will teach them to show some good old fashion American fairness to the Green Party.