Colorado Recall Election - Decent Reuters Article

[danb]

Giron did not just get beaten, she got creamed. 60-40 where she won by 10%. blah blah blah dems say votes suppressed. because ... background checks!

 

[ChrisD]

62% reporting Giron 59.8% for recall, 40.1% against

 

[DC-W]

HUZZAH!

The pro-2A voters of CO as played by Harry Potter (NSFW):
http://youtu.be/HPVhmZodaLA?t=9m8s

 

[aireyc]

Awesome!!!!!

 

[Shane762]

Fantastic. Best 2A news I've heard in a while.

 

[fabsroman]

Awesome!!!!!

Looks like they might both end up losing. Good times indeed. I can go to bed happy tonight. Now, if we can just get rid of a couple from the Maryland General Assembly in the primaries or the next general election.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/09/10/colorado-recall-election-results/2796373/

 

[fabsroman]

Awesome!!!!!

John Morse concedes:

http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_24064007/colorado-recall-morse-says-turnout-lower-than-he

Looks like Giron will have her rear handed to her. Good times indeed.

 

[danb]

think O'Malley is getting the message from the recall? Nah, he's dumber than a box of bullets.

 

[TxAggie]

Local news is reporting defeat for both:

http://www.foxnews.mobi/#quickPage_html_page_17315_content_97261203_pageNum_1

 

[jleemd99]

Some news on twitter reporting that Giron is conceding now. That's 2 for 2. Two big wins for the 2nd Amendment.

http://live.denverpost.com/Event/Colorado_Recall_Election_2013

 

[csanc123]

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[aray]

He's elected by the whole state. I'd guess that a statewide recall was beyond the ability of the groups running the recall.

Targeting one or two districts requires fewer resources.

Same reason we want to focus on removing a few people in 2014 and not a statewide referendum.

This. We only need to pick up two seats in the MD Senate to sustain a filibuster. We don't need to win the whole state. We had those two seats, but two senators stabbed us in the back - voting against SB-281 but voting to end the filibuster ... like they think we're stupid or something. Like CO did tonight, if we can flip only two seats in 2014, we can stop future bad 281s.

 

[Shane762]

Oh, and here's a shocker. There doesn't seem to be word one about it on CNN. They still have plenty of time to follow Zimmerman around though.

 

[fabsroman]

What pisses me off is that they did not think Morse would really lose because he was in an area that had a ton of registered Democrats, but he did.

That is why I am still bitter about the referendum issue here in Maryland. I think there are a lot of pro-gun liberals here that would NOT vote for a candidate solely on the 2nd Amendment. However, they would have voted HELL NO to SB281. We don't have the ability to recall politicians, but we do have the ability to send legislation to a referendum vote.

Good for Colorado. Now, we see what the fate of Maryland is via the court system, UNLESS we can replace a lot of our current politicians with 2nd Amendment friendly ones.

 

[yellowfin]

This. We only need to pick up two seats in the MD Senate to sustain a filibuster. We don't need to win the whole state. We had those two seats, but two senators stabbed us in the back - voting against SB-281 but voting to end the filibuster ... like they think we're stupid or something. Like CO did tonight, if we can flip only two seats in 2014, we can stop future bad 281s.

Don't you see that it's not enough to stop them from doing what they want when they want? Didn't the fact that 281 even came up at all, let alone passed, not tell you enough that merely delaying the other side cannot extinguish the threat? It must be ERADICATED, as in NOT coming back another time, and its progress WIPED from the law books. If you're not doing that, you're losing. If you're not setting your sights on that, you're preparing to fail. Don't set the bar so low as no additional 281's, but repeal that one, then work towards wiping out the previous ones. Make the other side have to defend everything, not ours.

 

[BrewDoc_MD]

Ballot Issue State Senate 3 - Recall Giron

100% reporting
Yes - 56.0% (19,355)
No - 43.9% (15,201)

Boom!!! 2 for 2 tonight

 

[DC-W]

It was two-fer Tuesday!

 

[PowPow]

I like me a two-fer before bedtime.

 

[fabsroman]

Don't you see that it's not enough to stop them from doing what they want when they want? Didn't the fact that 281 even came up at all, let alone passed, not tell you enough that merely delaying the other side cannot extinguish the threat? It must be ERADICATED, as in NOT coming back another time, and its progress WIPED from the law books. If you're not doing that, you're losing. If you're not setting your sights on that, you're preparing to fail. Don't set the bar so low as no additional 281's, but repeal that one, then work towards wiping out the previous ones. Make the other side have to defend everything, not ours.

This above. I don't want to hope and pray that a filibuster will work so we can maintain the status quo. I want to get SB281 reversed. Might be near impossible, but who knows.

 

[Combloc]

Good riddance to a couple of political dirtbags.