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Indyfan53

(473 posts)
Tue Aug 20, 2013, 07:54 PM Aug 2013

CO. Legislature could flip red if we don't act.

I Just got this email about the senate recall elections in Colorado:

Colorado Senate President John Morse, the top target in an NRA-backed recall, is in real danger of being ousted.

Morse’s problem isn’t public opinion—it’s turnout.

Please chip in $3 each to John Morse and Angela Giron, the two Democrats targeted by the NRA, to help them get out the vote.

Turnout is always sketchy for special elections and, right now, recall supporters are more energized. What’s worse, last week a judge ruled that the state’s new vote-by-mail law didn’t apply to recall elections—upending Democrats’ GOTV plans just weeks before the election.

The NRA is already all-in on this race. They know that a win here would scare state legislators across the country and freeze any movement on legislation to prevent gun violence that we’ve seen at the state level. Right-wingers are even talking openly about the strategy—calling it a “wave of fear.”

Please donate to protect John Morse and Angela Giron from being booted out by tea party fascists.

https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/dkcorecall?refcode=esrcco082013x

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CO. Legislature could flip red if we don't act. (Original Post) Indyfan53 Aug 2013 OP
Here's an idea railsback Aug 2013 #1
Not if we are wise to their antics! Indyfan53 Aug 2013 #3
im optimistic mgcgulfcoast Aug 2013 #2
Don't assume this will be a shoe-in! Indyfan53 Aug 2013 #4
That Was Easy otohara Aug 2013 #5
Thank you! Indyfan53 Aug 2013 #6
Help - Kick for John Morse otohara Aug 2013 #7
Did so the other day, wild bird Aug 2013 #8
It is going to be close. Need a great GOTV effort to win! UCmeNdc Aug 2013 #9
Absolutely! Indyfan53 Aug 2013 #10
 

railsback

(1,881 posts)
1. Here's an idea
Tue Aug 20, 2013, 08:19 PM
Aug 2013

Ratchet up the rhetoric that tyranny is being levied on this country by the current Democratic led administration, the leader of the Democratic Party. The GOP/NRA are already using the NSA's 'invasion of privacy' meme as 'proof' that the leadership is attacking every American's 'freedoms'. Of course, the downside of this is that registered Democrats will see no difference between political parties and stay home.

Indyfan53

(473 posts)
3. Not if we are wise to their antics!
Tue Aug 20, 2013, 09:55 PM
Aug 2013

Democrats in congress, Like Keith Ellison, Sherrod Brown, and other democrats are standing up to the NSA spying. More Democratic voters need to pay attention to this, for it proves that there are still trustworthy dens in the party.

We need to GOTV this year and beyond. Please support John Morse and Angela Giron.

Indyfan53

(473 posts)
4. Don't assume this will be a shoe-in!
Tue Aug 20, 2013, 09:57 PM
Aug 2013

Anything can happen, like the judge throwing a wrench into the Democrats' efforts.

Get active and GOTV. Never assume an easy victory.

Indyfan53

(473 posts)
10. Absolutely!
Thu Aug 29, 2013, 06:39 PM
Aug 2013

Were are the people from Colorado on this site? Particularly from those districts in the recall.

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