Buck..ed Off Before the Bell

[tpreitzel]

Ken Buck currently behind but it's still early.

Bennett: 54
Buck: 41

5%

[Bergie Bergeron]

Fuck.

[paulitics]

WTF. Any exit polling data?

[speciallyblend]

he will lose! that is what happens when you oppose ending marijuana prohibition in colorado! plus his right-winger came out in the end!!! though tancredo numbers are not great yet either but tancredo had his own baggage!

[Feeding the Abscess]

He's a right-wing social conservative in liberty's clothing.

Good riddance.

[AuH20]

He's a right-wing social conservative in liberty's clothing.

Good riddance.

There's nothing wrong with holding some of those positions, as long as you don't make them grating. Buck may have crossed that threshold by getting caught up in secondary issues.

[Stop Making Cents]

He was ahead in all the polls. if he loses that confirms voter fraud

[MatM]

Boulder county is one of the first counties reporting. Slow down guys, it's not over yet.

[Feeding the Abscess]

There's nothing wrong with holding some of those positions, as long as you don't make them grating. Buck may have crossed that threshold by getting caught up in secondary issues.

Ken Buck is much more George Bush in 2000 (say shit to get elected, then go berserker rage when in office) than Ron Paul (obviously, the genuine article).

[tpreitzel]

Buck is gaining currently ... 5% differential.

10% reporting

[erowe1]

He's a right-wing social conservative in liberty's clothing.


You're talking about Ron Paul, right?

[HOLLYWOOD]

Rurals are the last to report, so that should help Buck, but I don't see him overcoming a 30,000 vote deficit.

[MRoCkEd]

I really hope Buck wins

[paulitics]

Tancredo loses to democrat.

[tpreitzel]

Buck down 4% now ... he's slowly closing...

[nate895]

Buck will probably win. The big Republican votes have not been counted yet.

[tpreitzel]

Buck's holding on to the very end ... jumps into the lead ...

Buck 48.6
Bennet 46.3

48% reporting

[MRoCkEd]

My main man Buck is winning!

[Feeding the Abscess]

You're talking about Ron Paul, right?

Ken Buck. He's a superficial liberty candidate. Don't be surprised when he ends up voting like DeMint instead of Ron.

[Monarchist]

Ken Buck. He's a superficial liberty candidate. Don't be surprised when he ends up voting like DeMint instead of Ron.

O noes....

[AuH20]

Ken Buck. He's a superficial liberty candidate. Don't be surprised when he ends up voting like DeMint instead of Ron.

DeMint is one of the most conservative members of the senate. I hope so.

[tpreitzel]

Buck with a very narrow lead of 47.5% versus 47.2% Bennet


56% reporting

[Feeding the Abscess]

You guys really need to inform me how a pro-PATRIOT Act, pro-War On Terror, pro-foreign intervention, pro-farm subsidies, pro-Gitmo, pro-wiretapping politician is an asset if the goal is liberty.

In all seriousness, Russ Feingold was as much an ally of ours as DeMint. If not more. He was anti-everything I listed above.

Furthermore, the hope is to get people who will vote like Ron, not DeMint.

[AuH20]

You guys really need to inform me how a pro-PATRIOT Act, pro-War On Terror, pro-foreign intervention, pro-farm subsidies, pro-Gitmo, pro-wiretapping politician is an asset if the goal is liberty.

In all seriousness, Russ Feingold was as much an ally of ours as DeMint. If not more. He was anti-everything I listed above.

It's called building a coalition. And Russ succumbed to the beast by voting for healthcare. I don't grieve for him. He did it to himself.

[Feeding the Abscess]

I'm well aware that Feingold was socialist. I'm asking:

How is Feingold being mostly with us with regards to foreign policy and civil liberties but not economic policy not good enough, but DeMint being against us in foreign policy and civil liberties but with us (minus some corporatist leanings) on economic policy suddenly good enough?

If we're building a coalition, isn't 2/3 agreement better than 1/3 agreement?

[low preference guy]

I'm well aware that Feingold was socialist. I'm asking:

How is Feingold being mostly with us with regards to foreign policy and civil liberties but not economic policy not good enough, but DeMint being against us in foreign policy and civil liberties but with us (minus some corporatist leanings) on economic policy suddenly good enough?

If we're building a coalition, isn't 2/3 agreement better than 1/3 agreement?

no. forcing us to buy health care is worse than bombing foreigners, because it is coercion against us. you can only defend other people's rights after you can defend your own.

[tpreitzel]

Buck leading by about 1% .... he just might be victorious...

[Feeding the Abscess]

no. forcing us to buy health care is worse than bombing foreigners, because it is coercion against us. you can only defend other people's rights after you can defend your own.

So... supporting PATRIOT Act and civil liberties violations isn't coercion against us?

C'mon, man.

Jim DeMint, 5% personal freedom score:

http://www.ontheissues.org/VoteMatch/candidate_map.asp?a1=5&a2=5&a3=5&a4=1&a5=3&a6=1&a7=1&a8=4&a9=1&a10=1&a11=5&a12=1&a13=2&a14=5&a15=5&a16=1&a17=1&a18=4&a19=5&a20=5&i1=1&i2=1&i3=1&i4=1&p=5&e=93&t=5

Not someone worth praise.

Might as well praise John Boehner. Equal economic freedom score, higher personal freedom score:

http://www.ontheissues.org/VoteMatch/candidate_map.asp?a1=5&a2=5&a3=5&a4=1&a5=2&a6=1&a7=1&a8=5&a9=1&a10=1&a11=5&a12=2&a13=1&a14=5&a15=4&a16=1&a17=1&a18=2&a19=5&a20=4&i1=1&i2=1&i3=1&i4=1&p=10&e=93&t=5

Sherrod Brown is the exact inverse of DeMint: 90% personal freedom, 5% economic freedom.

Mitch McConnell scored 10% personal freedom and 95% economic freedom. Do you support McConnell? Grassley: 10%, 90%.

[tpreitzel]

Buck now leading by .5% ... this race looks like a squeaker for Buck if he makes it...

[tpreitzel]

Buck barely hanging on for the full 8 seconds.

[Monarchist]

Jesus, how long does it take to count these votes?

[aGameOfThrones]

Buck: 47.3%

Bennet: 47.3%

73% reporting.

[itshappening]

Buck should be beating Bennet easily

The fact that he isnt is very suspicious

[low preference guy]

Buck: 47.3%

Bennet: 47.3%

73% reporting.

damn. my computer is pulling an all nighter. when i wake up, it'll tell me what happened.

[aGameOfThrones]

Buck: 47.5%

Bennet: 47.1%

73.5% reporting.

[akforme]

no. forcing us to buy health care is worse than bombing foreigners, because it is coercion against us. you can only defend other people's rights after you can defend your own.

war is coercion on us because we are forced to pay for it either through taxation or inflation. Plus the patriot act is a deal breaker for me, if you voted for that, you are not a friend of liberty no matter how many times you try and tell me differently. I would vote against Demint before I'd ever vote for him.

[Eroberer]

Buck is now down 5k votes with 87% reporting. He was up 3.5k with 86% reporting. I wonder what's taking Colorado so long.

Looking at the map, the red districts are already 100%. The districts for Bennit are still not fully done reporting the results, so it looks like the gap will increase. The hope lies in Colorado Springs, which hasn't reported yet, but I don't know if they tend red or blue.

[tpreitzel]

Some of the count has been really slow, strangely slow .... like the Rossi election in WA as well as Buck.

[tpreitzel]

Barely 15k votes separating Buck from Bennet. If I were Buck, I'd ask for a recount.