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Tom Tancredo Goes Down

By Kate Pickert | @katepickert | November 2, 2010 | +

The Denver Post called it the most bizarre gubernatorial campaign in state history. Indeed.

In the end, Democrat John Hickenlooper, mayor of Denver, cruised to victory with a large margin. But it all could have gone very differently.

Republican Dan Maes’ campaign was a complete disaster. After knocking of the GOP favorite Scot McInnis, who became mired in a plaigarism scandal, Maes is on track to earn less than 10% of the vote, which would hand the GOP “minority party status” in upcoming elections. This would kick the Republican Party lower on subsequent ballots, relegating it to the land of the Green and Libertarian parties. Constitution Party candidate Tom Tancredo appeared to be filling the void in recent weeks, even earning a last-minute endorsement from Sarah Palin. Tancredo, known for his fierce opposition to illegal immigration, appeared – in a way – to be riding a wave of voter anger sweeping the country this year.

It was not to be. Hickenlooper may have won without Tancredo in the contest, but as with the 2009 race in the NY-23, the third party in the race ended up being a spoiler for the right.

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  • smccuen

    Good Lord, where is the editing?

  • doddeb

    Yeah, spell check is a useful tool. The latest post is “A Dark Horse Looses”. One is tempted to ask, “looses what?” Sounds kind of interesting and biblical, but I don’t think it’s what she meant.

  • kbanginmotown

    Instead of a gazillion posts, this evening sure would work better as a LiveBlog…

  • http://jcapan.wordpress.com jcapan

    Ditto. Less is more.

  • kbanginmotown

    Tom Tancredo Goes Down
    .
    Calling sacred…sacred, can you hear us? Here’s a blog post looking for a twist…

  • Cliff

    Well, I’ll take all the good news I can get, and this:
    .
    After knocking of the GOP favorite Scot McInnis…Maes is on track to earn less than 10% of the vote, which would hand the GOP “minority party status” in upcoming elections.
    .
    A racist assh*le eats sh*t and the GOP gets tossed out on its ear.
    .
    Thank you Colorado.

  • herby002

    Yeah,
    I jumped on that horse “loose” first.
    Then the comments here made me laugh so much that I almost lost/loost/loosed my sphincter.
    Thanks.

  • liberalmeltdown

    Oh gee, I love illegal immigration. Let’s have an invasion from a foreign country. That’s what I want. Otherwise, I would be a racist. Let’s see, how about Iran. Yes, let’s have an invasion of illegal immigrants from Iran. Otherwise you are all racists. God you are stupid.

  • apr2563

    There is so much more wrong with Tom Tandredo than his position on illegal immigration. Ta ta Tom.

  • liberalmeltdown

    Like what April? Please do inform us.

  • artlance

    re: Editorial by Kate Pickert 11/02/10
    “Hickenlooper may have won without Tancredo in the contest, but as with the 2009 race in the NY-23, the third party in the race ended up being a spoiler for the right.”

    Constitution Party’s Tom Tancredo took 37% to Republican Dan Maes’s 11%. (http://news.yahoo.com/page/2010electionsdashboard)

    Don’t those Republican’s know better than to act as spoilers “for the right?” They should get with the program of one of the majority parties.

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