Conservatives worried that Republicans would yet again snatch defeat from the jaws of victory can breathe a sigh of relief. The two GOP candidates vying to replace Senate President John Morse, should his recall election succeed, have agreed on a plan to decide which one will go on the ballot.
Reports The Colorado Observer‘s Leslie Jorgensen:
COLO. SPRINGS – Republican candidates Jaxine Bubis and Bernie Herpin have agreed that only one candidate should be on the ballot to recall and replace Democrat Senate President John Morse. The two signed a proposal to have a Republican vacancy committee cast ballots to select the party’s nominee on July 9.
“Many minds, many discussions, and many compromises went into this precedent-setting process, and I want to thank the SD11 precinct leaders and officers, my fellow El Paso County Republican Party officers, our state party chairman, and the candidates and campaign managers who have selflessly and courageously decided to take on this task,” said county GOP Chairman Jeff Hays…
The original proposal had included the entire SD 11 GOP Central Committee, but was changed last week to exclude bonus members and elected officials, according to a source close to the negotiations…
Cole said the recall endorsement election, which conforms to party bylaws, will allow the SD 11 chair, vice chair, secretary and precinct leaders to cast ballots from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 9.
Morse was the lucky recipient of a split field in 2010, when a Libertarian candidate took 1,320 votes, allowing Morse to squeak by with a 340-vote margin over Republican challenger Owen Hill.
We’re glad to see that Republican candidates won’t be splitting the vote this time around.
Clearly the selection of a candidate through local party leadership is not a perfect process. Recall elections don’t allow for the more democratic process of a district assembly or primary where the wider community of SD11 Republicans can weigh in.
It is imperative that conservatives, and supporters of gun rights everywhere, are united heading into a battle likely to be bankrolled by New York City Mayor Bloomberg.
Much credit is due to the two candidates for letting cooler heads prevail and finding a solution that keeps the focus on Morse’s misdeeds and not Republican infighting.
If you can't take back your own party, how on earth can you expect to take back the nation? Revolution begins within the party itself. Get rid of the middle school mentality in leadership and put in people who are truly conservative and reflect conservative values in the way they vote, the way they live and they way they think.
Sorry, last name is Bubis, Daniels is her pen name.
Great profile of candidate Jaxine Daniels on Colorado Pols, http://coloradopols.com/diary/45191/fifty-shades-of-jaxine
You Reds sure know how to pick 'em!
But Sir, you can't trust the Democrats either. They are worse than the Republicans. Granted, their are some bad Republicans out there. The GOOD Republicans in Congress can't do much because the Democrats have the majority of power! Balance between the 2 parties must become more equal.
Thank you Canidates for putting "getting rid of Morse" over and above your own needs! Hopefully the canidate who steps down will find placement in the winners' cabinet or something.
If Owen Hill run's he has my support but if the Party put's a plug in candidate in you will get more of this insanity! Here is a good list of RINO's to start with.
Republicans Yes
Alexander, Tenn.; Ayotte, N.H.; Chiesa, N.J.; Collins, Maine; Corker, Tenn.; Flake, Ariz.; Graham, S.C.; Hatch, Utah; Heller, Nev.; Hoeven, N.D.; Kirk, Ill.; McCain, Ariz.; Murkowski, Alaska; Rubio, Fla.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/06/27/senate-roll-vote-for-immigration-bill/#ixzz2XrWgFzdD
You need to look at what's wrong with the Republican Party and why it is a looser. Stop blaming your problems on the youth liberty movement, tea party, or libertarian's. At one time the Republican Party was for smaller government and part of the platform was to eliminate the Federal Department of Education. For every dollar in taxes that is spent by this department $0.12 goes to your local school and it takes $0.14 of local taxes to pay for the programs such as "No Child Left Behind" that Bush was dictating and about the same for "Common Core" that Obama is dictating. When you have Republicans like Lindsey Grahm proposing the Indefinite Detention Unconstitutional NDAA provisions, and McCain supporting the Syrian Rebels while he has his arm around John Kerry his traitorous buddy from Nam you have a problem. Learn Liberty and make the change back to the future of our Constitutional Republic or keep on losing elections. Liberty is popular. Today the choice is limited to a collectivist model, the Left is communist, the right is fascist, and the State is well a "Police State". Read some Lou Rockwell if you want to learn liberty and how to reshape the Republican Party or the Democratic Party into bastions of liberty.
You want to know the problems with the Republican party? Ha!
I was a republican all my life, until recently, now I no longer trust the leadership of the party. Look at what people like McCain are doing in DC, that makes it very tough to trust anyone to do whats right, even, so called conservatives.
I have the same ideals and values as the Libertarian Party. But that is also why Evie Hudak got elected. I'm very pleased to hear Bubis and Herpin are acting responsibly, for the good of the state.
I'm pleased there are two adults running for the seat and that they are reasonable enough to let the people decide!
There's a lot of election out there that if the Libertarian Party didn't enter it the Republican would have won. None of the parties is perfect and all think their party is perfect but I'd rather have a Republican not infringing on my 2nd Ammendment Rights than a Democrat who won and wants to take them away all because a Libertarian won a few thousand votes.
Oh that's good- now the Republicans can't blame the Libertarians.
And that's the problem with the Libertarian party. They don't win anything and just steal votes away from Republicans who would have NEVER voted for these gun laws in the first place.