Former President Bill Clinton was well known, among other things, for dropping bad news about his administration right before the weekend or a holiday.
Which explains why Shad Murib waited until the Thanksgiving holiday weekend to announce he’s running for reelection as the Colorado Democrat Party chairman.
Even he knows he sucked as state chairman, having lost a congressional seat to the GOP, the statehouse supermajority, and dreams of achieving a supermajority in the state senate.
Completely oblivious to the spanking Democrats took in the November election, Murib told Colorado Politics he plans to examine what inspired voters and where the party failed.
“Let’s be honest about what worked and unafraid to shelve what didn’t,” Murib said. “Let’s be creative and unburdened by the past.”
First on the shelf should have been the phrase, “unburdened by the past.”
We’ll give him another clue, Colorado Democrats are still living in the past when their party fought for the working man.
Now Democrats are too busy growing big government to fight against the working man.
Republicans nationwide figured that one out, and Murib is worried voters here will catch on soon as well.
Murib is running on a slate with current first vice chair Indira Duggirala and second vice chairs Scott Magino.
On the Republican side of the aisle, current GOP chairman Dave Williams says he’ll make a decision by the first of the new year.
While it’s not clear whether Murib will have credible opposition from within his ranks, the Republican elections will most assuredly be competitive races from top to bottom.
The reorganization process to elect the grassroots party leaders starts in February at the local precincts before moving to the county and state level offices.
Stay tuned.
