Insanity Out Of Colorado

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Permalink Reply by Crystal Fernando on March 26, 2009 at 10:52am

WOW!! Tancredo needs to whip those guys back into shape! Colorado is Mitt country isn't it?

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Permalink Reply by Clint Jones on March 26, 2009 at 8:47pm

Ann Marie,
it isnt quite as cut and dry as you make it out to be. One is that it still faces a potential legal challenge here in the state, two it can be overturned via referendum, and three it is a proposed U.S. constituional ammendment that will require the majority of EV (270) to be passed. at prsent they only have 19%, with some states looking to reevaluate their positions away from the national vote. Oddly enough this was started here in CO by some GOP guys in the legislature but has now become a DEM issue.

here is something I found on a website about it-

The National Popular Vote bill would reform the Electoral College by guaranteeing the Presidency to the presidential candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states (and the District of Columbia). The bill would enact the proposed interstate compact entitled the “Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote.” The compact would take effect only when enacted, in identical form, by states possessing a majority of the membership of the Electoral College (that is 270 of 538 electoral votes).

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Permalink Reply by Clint Jones on March 26, 2009 at 8:50pm

Crystal Fernando said:

WOW!! Tancredo needs to whip those guys back into shape! Colorado is Mitt country isn't it?

Crystal- yes CO is still very much Mitt Country. Palin made some inroads after being named VP but that seems to be fading again. Curiously some of my DEM friends are making comments of late that Mitt would have been better to handle the economy than Obama. So i would say we are making progress here.

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Permalink Reply by Ann Marie Curling on March 26, 2009 at 8:59pm

Thanks so much Clint for your explanation. That's why I asked for opinions. Keep up the participation.

Ann Marie

Clint Jones said:

Ann Marie,
it isnt quite as cut and dry as you make it out to be. One is that it still faces a potential legal challenge here in the state, two it can be overturned via referendum, and three it is a proposed U.S. constituional ammendment that will require the majority of EV (270) to be passed. at prsent they only have 19%, with some states looking to reevaluate their positions away from the national vote. Oddly enough this was started here in CO by some GOP guys in the legislature but has now become a DEM issue.

here is something I found on a website about it-

The National Popular Vote bill would reform the Electoral College by guaranteeing the Presidency to the presidential candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states (and the District of Columbia). The bill would enact the proposed interstate compact entitled the “Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote.” The compact would take effect only when enacted, in identical form, by states possessing a majority of the membership of the Electoral College (that is 270 of 538 electoral votes).

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Permalink Reply by Ann Marie Curling on March 26, 2009 at 9:02pm

Sweet, Clint. You can never have too many people on Romney's side.

Clint Jones said:

Crystal Fernando said:

WOW!! Tancredo needs to whip those guys back into shape! Colorado is Mitt country isn't it?

Crystal- yes CO is still very much Mitt Country. Palin made some inroads after being named VP but that seems to be fading again. Curiously some of my DEM friends are making comments of late that Mitt would have been better to handle the economy than Obama. So i would say we are making progress here.

Ann Marie

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