The Coffee Clatter

Like many others around the country, I’ve been participating in the Caucus and Assembly process that elects candidates through the Primary Election onto the General Election Ballot. Since I couldn’t actually be in my home town to participate in the caucus event, I’ve spent my time supporting a candidate, by campaigning and speaking at Assemblies since that time. The irony has been the number of candidates who skip the Assemblies and petition onto the ballot.

Say what?

The Caucus, Assembly, Primary process of election has a purpose. So what’s this about petitioning onto the ballot?

Tom Weins, a candidate for US Senate opted prior to the first Assemblies, due to the caucus response to his candidacy to petition onto the ballot. Okay, so he’s really not so popular anywhere other than his hometown, and the majority of those folks would give him up for naught… so no surprise there.

Jane Norton, another candidate for US Senate waited until after several of the BIG assemblies (those city functions with high numbers) and opted out of the caucus process and into the process of petitioning onto the ballot.

Quite honestly, neither of these candidates has much going for them on the ticket. Weins offers a life long history of spouse abuse, bad business judgment and temperamental tantrums, but he’ll do about anything for money. Can you imagine dealing with that in Washington? Norton is a tag along, holding onto Bill Owen’s shirt tails, hoping to snag votes due to name recognition, although she just simply can’t quite get into the act of “Showing Up”. Her antics of non-voting, non-disclosure, and n0n-revelation are hardly a welcome choice after Mr. Hope & Change’s failure at Accountability and Transparency. Perhaps we should leave Tom Weins at home to keep his wife in line as long as she’ll tolerate him, and send Jane Norton back to Washington in her Lobbyist Wardrobe instead of wasting a vote on either of them in the election?

Colorado has a better choice. There are candidates who value the election process and are willing to go the distance with fiscally responsible campaigns, values and principles that will carry them to Washington, D.C. and the essential nerve to accomplish the task of speaking for the people.

Cleve Tidwell offers Colorado a solid, conservative choice. Check  your ballot for the man who understands how to balance a budget, show up, and vote the will of the People of Colorado.