Jason Salzman 2014-07-12T12:25:06-04:00 Jason Salzman http://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/index.php?author=jason-salzman Copyright 2008, HuffingtonPost.com, Inc. HuffingtonPost Blogger Feed for Jason Salzman Good old fashioned elbow grease. Gardner Un-Cosponsored Legislation Before, But Not Personhood tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2014:/theblog//3.5575557 2014-07-10T16:47:53-04:00 2014-07-10T16:48:00-04:00 Jason Salzman http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jason-salzman/ in interviews and even in a paid advertisement, that he's "learned more" about "personhood" and changed his mind about supporting it.

To un-cosponsor the federal personhood bill, called the Life at Conception Act, Congressman Gardner must give a speech from the floor of the House of Representatives. Why hasn't he done this?




As the Sunlight Foundation reported at the time:


Here's C-Span video of these exciting acts of remorse and regret. In the first video, Gardner is not pictured, but you hear Gardner say:
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE: For what purpose would the gentleman from Colorado like to address the House?

GARDNER: Thank you Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that my name be removed from [H.R.] 1380."

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE: Without objection.

Then you see Rep. Scott Tipton make the same request. In the second video, you see Rep. Mike Coffman do it.

WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj7VRXfTKg0&amp;feature=share&amp;list=UUSj-lO7VwQBYZBK-56FXN7w

WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMq3Ya_OjFw&amp;list=UUSj-lO7VwQBYZBK-56FXN7w&amp;feature=share&amp;index=2

If Gardner can do this in 2011, why won't he do it now?

During an interview on with CBS4's Shaun Boyd in April, Gardner went out of his way to distinguish between state and federal personhood proposals, as gubernatorial candidate Bob Beauprez has also done, indicating that he may not take back his support of federal personhood, even though the state and federal measures would do the same thing. And Gardner has defended his anti-abortion record on the radio.

It was only June of 2013 when Gardner first added his name to the list of cosponsors of the Life at Conception Act. Maybe he's fine with it. It's a question that deserves to be asked.]]>
Immigration Crisis Spills Into Colorado Guv Campaign tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2014:/theblog//3.5568199 2014-07-08T15:20:33-04:00 2014-07-08T16:59:02-04:00 Jason Salzman http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jason-salzman/
The Arizona law, backed by Brewer, allowing police to detain anyone suspected of being an illegal immigrant, was ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court. It's widely believed that the law would have led to harassment and discrimination of legal and undocumented immigrants.

Beauprez said that before he'd take immigration matters in his own hands if elected governor, he'd join with other governors and sue the federal government to "secure our borders."

Beauprez made the comments on KOA 850-AM, a Denver radio station, Saturday in response to a question from guest radio host Doug Kellet, who asked Beauprez about the young undocumented immigrants captured recently along the U.S.-Mexico border.

"I was with a group of people the day before yesterday, and several of them were from our southern cities, Pueblo specifically," said Beauprez on air. "And they said, if buses show up, they will be in the streets to block them. I think you are going to see what happened in California start happening everywhere."

Beauprez also said: "It's going to affect all the states out here, and the President is trying to gloss over it and tell us all the wonderful things we're doing as a nation to accept all these people. He doesn't tell us the impact on the people who are already here and are going to pay the bill."

Kellet didn't ask Beauprez if he'd participate in the street protests himself.

On another radio show Sunday, Beauprez outlined an immigration system he'd back.

"We need to secure the border," Beauprez told KVOR guest hosts Ed Jones and Jimmy Bensberg Saturday. "We need a modern, 21st century legal immigration system, where folks that want here can apply for it. They can get an answer in short order. We can get the kind of help we need and enforce the rule of law. So employers have a system, that they can live within the rules. And people know that if somebody is here illegally, they're going to be found and sent home."

The hosts didn't ask Beauprez if he's favor sending all undocumented immigrants currently in the U.S. back to their countries of origin.


Partial transcript of Beauprez's comments on KOA July 5
Kellet: I want to talk to you about immigration, because on this July 4th weekend we have a serious problem on our southwest border, and it certainly could affect Colorado.


Kellet: Well, I keep on wondering what's going to happen here, sir...

Beauprez: I was with a group of people the day before yesterday, and several of them were from our southern cities, Pueblo specifically, and they said, if buses show up, they will be in the streets to block them. I think you are going to see what happened in California start happening everywhere. Governors on behalf of their states are going to have to be very vocal, very strong, and push back on DC.... You have to face the reality that this is going to be another straw on the back that will fiscally impact states in a big way. It will culturally impact states in a big way. When you don't enforce the rule of law, and this is the bottom line, Doug, chaos breaks out. And this is an example of chaos breaking out...Governors ought to be telling the federal government, do your job, secure our borders, stop this kind of action, send these people back home... They are not political refugees. This is just wrong. Governors ought to be, first of all, demanding it, and then secondly, if the federal government doesn't do it, then sue them and get an injunction against the federal government and force them to do their job in court. This is a responsibility of the federal government. And if they won't do it, states ought to be allowed to do it, as Jan Brewer tried to do in Arizona.
Dumping Immigrant Kids for Political Revenge? tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2014:/theblog//3.5555200 2014-07-03T11:39:03-04:00 2014-07-03T17:59:04-04:00 Jason Salzman http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jason-salzman/ literally dying along the U.S. border, in the desert, and Denver radio-host Mike Rosen and gubernatorial candidate Bob Beauprez are accusing Obama of dumping undocumented kids in Arizona, as a form of political revenge against Republican Governor Jan Brewer, who's clashed with Obama on immigration issues:

ROSEN: You suppose that there could be any spiteful motivations on President Obama's part for dumping a lot of those unaccompanied--

BEAUPREZ: (sarcastically) Surely not. You're not that cynical, are you?

ROSEN: -- teenage immigrants into the state of Arizona because he doesn't like Jan Brewer?

BEAUPREZ: [laughing loudly] Yeah, it's perhaps more than coincidental.

ROSEN: Hmmmm. Hmmm

It's moments like this when you wish SuperTalker from above would float into the KOA studios, bop Rosen on the head, and say, "Shut up, Mike. And you, Bob, want to be governor? What kind of governor makes ugly and bizarre accusations, like this, based on no evidence at all. And you're laughing about it, at the expense of the poorest, most vulnerable kids? It doesn't get much worse."

Then SuperTalker would tell KOA listeners that he's placed Rosen in timeout for a few days and asked him to think about whether it would be right, on any planet, to say such things, as kids are caught in the immigration nightmare that we've created.

Here's the story, as told by the Associated Press, of an 11-year-old Guatemalan boy, Gilberto Ramos, whose decomposing body was found in Texas.
He was born and grew up in San Jose Las Flores in a modest wood and sheet-metal home in the Cuchumatanes mountains of Huehuetenango province along the Mexico border. At 6,600 feet above sea level, the exuberant beauty of peaks and canyons are in stark contrast to the extreme poverty. There is no running or potable water and only a latrine. There is food, tortillas or wheat atole, an oatmeal-like drink, but never enough.

The cluster of homes where Gilberto lived is accessible only by foot along a rocky and often muddy mile-long path, which took 45 minutes in the canyons and mud to traverse on Tuesday. Gilberto walked that path each way to school, where he went as far as third grade before dropping out...

Short, quiet and humble, he stayed close to home. But he grew despairing and bored, Esbin Ramos said. Their mother grew sicker. The older brother suggested Gilberto come to Chicago, where he could return to school and work at night and on weekends.

So while children like Gilberto (but who survive) are being caught along the border, the Obama Administration is trying to deal with the situation humanely, by sending them to immigration courts different states, obviously not just Jan Brewer's Arizona. Obama is trying to work with Congress, because doing nothing isn't an option.

And this is what we get on talk radio?

Let's hope Rosen, who's actually more thoughtful than some of his talk-radio colleagues, didn't think through just how sad it all is.

Dumping the Poor Off Obamacare tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2014:/theblog//3.5549104 2014-07-01T16:13:03-04:00 2014-07-01T17:59:03-04:00 Jason Salzman http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jason-salzman/


Beauprez's radio outrage at Obamacare's Medicaid expansion, makes me think he'd reject the federal funds if he were elected, as other Republican governors have done. Earlier this year, you recall, on KVOR's Jeff Crank Show, he promised to "repeal" and "replace" Obmacare, adding, "What we can do, and what I look forward to doing, is everything within a governor's power and the state's power to push back, especially on this Medicaid bomb that is coming our way."
"The Medicaid expansion as part of the Obamacare mandate is going to bury the states." Beauprez told a caller on Rosen's show last week, who said he had health insurance thanks to Medicaid expansion. "It may personally benefit you, but that's part of the challenge in front of this country, is that the cost of the Medicaid expansion is absolutely unsustainable. I wish we had 45 minutes to explain it, but trust me, this is a path to nowhere - to ruin. I guess it is a path to somewhere - to financial ruin."



"That's the fiscal ruin I was talking about, Mike," Beauprez told Rosen. "It's simply unsustainable and they know it! It was the prototypical bait and switch."


Caller Chris: How's it going, Bob and Mike. I would consider myself to be, I guess, a moderate Democrat. Right now, you know, I'm a 24 years old, and under Obamacare Medicaid expansion, the Medicaid program has been able to extend to me, a young male. As governor, are you going to follow in the footsteps of, you know, like Rick Snod and Rick Snyder and all these guys that are turning down, you know, these Medicaid expansions? Because I've got to tell you, I mean, Medicaid is not for people that are, you know, sitting on their bums all day. You know? I work full time. Um, my wages, we just don't -- they don't provide healthcare for me. And it has become a real help for me and a lot of Colorado residents. Would you turn down the Medicaid dollars?


Ban Abortion Everywhere Except Here? tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2014:/theblog//3.5544525 2014-06-30T13:59:42-04:00 2014-06-30T19:59:03-04:00 Jason Salzman http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jason-salzman/ Balance of Power show Saturday, Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Beauprez confirmed his continued support for a federal personhood law but said he doesn't support a state personhood amendment.

In so doing, Beauprez aligns himself with GOP Senate candidate Cory Gardner, who's withdrawn his support for a personhood amendment in Colorado but is still a co-sponsor of federal personhood legislation.





Beauprez: "Well, let's be very clear. I am a pro-life Catholic. I voted that way. I've got a pro-life voting record. I believe that life begins at conception. But I also believe, as does my good friend and my Archbishop, who used to be in Denver, Archbishop Charles Chaput... [who said] a "The personhood amendment, and that's where we have to draw the line, the personhood amendment might have identified the right issue, but the very wrong solution"


After critics pointed out that Beauprez supported federal personhood legislation in 2005, Rittiman followed up by asking the Beauprez campaign about it. Beauprez's spokesman told Rittiman that Beauprez stood behind his answer.
As Rittiman reported, "[Beauprez's spokesman Dustin Olson] says [Beauprez's] answer to 9NEWS was meant to convey that he has not supported it at the state level."

The question left hanging is, why would Beauprez (and Gardner) support personhood at the federal level but oppose it in Colorado when the results here would be the same?]]>
Coffman Can't Erase His Praise of Tancredo tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2014:/theblog//3.5516038 2014-06-20T14:52:47-04:00 2014-06-20T16:59:03-04:00 Jason Salzman http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jason-salzman/ piece that aired.
Univision reporter Karen Vega: ... We asked if, in reality, Coffman shared the anti-immigrant opinions and practices of his predecessor, the former Congressman and current state gubernatorial candidate, Tom Tancredo.


Left out was a reference to Romanoff's point that Coffman introduced Tom Tancredo as his "hero"at a 2010 Tea Party Rally:
Coffman: "It is a great honor for me to introduce somebody who is my hero, someone who has served this country with honor and integrity and courage... and that is former Congressman Tom Tancredo."


Apparently aware of this, Vega asked Sandberg about the "admiration that Coffman supposedly has for Republican Tom Tancredo."


Too bad Vega didn't have this video of Coffman's introduction of Tancredo in 2010, when Coffman offered hero-like praise for Tancredo's extreme opposition to Republican-led immigration reform in 2006.


CORRECTION: A earlier version of this post incorrectly stated that the piece aired on Telemundo Denver.]]>
Warning: No Photos or Recordings Allowed of Mike Coffman in his Office tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2014:/theblog//3.5512793 2014-06-19T17:00:53-04:00 2014-06-19T17:00:54-04:00 Jason Salzman http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jason-salzman/ on South Parker Road: "The use of video recording devices, still cameras or digital recorders are NOT permitted inside the office."

If you take the sign seriously, reporters visiting Coffman's office could record neither peep nor pushup from Coffman.

I asked Tom Kelley, longtime Denver media attorney and partner at Levine Sullivan Koch & Schultz, about the no-recording-devices-allowed policy:

"Assuming he welcomes journalists in the office to meet with the Congressman, why is he barring them from showing the public in real time what actually is going on there?" asked Kelley. "I think it's bad policy. It suggests that there's something to hide inside that office. If he would bar disruptive behavior or something like that, it would be different. But clearly his intent is to prevent being embarrassed, which he's had some experience with recently over the gaffe on the President's citizenship. It's hard not to wonder if this isn't in response to that. All of which doesn't speak well of the Congressman's willingness to be transparent and accountable."

"I would hope that he or any Congressman on either side of the aisle would reconsider," said Kelley, adding that if someone were to take Coffman to court to force him to allow recording devices in the office, he or she would likely lose.

Journalists aside, you wonder what Coffman would say to the Aurora elementary school kids who might stop in for a visit and want a photo with their congressman?

Drew Kerin, a staffer at Coffman's Aurora office, told me that the policy of banning recording devices came at the "strong recommendation" of the U.S. Capitol Police. Kerin added that he personally spoke to the U.S. Capitol Police about the matter.

"Each Member of Congress's district office is responsible for their workplace policies," said Officer Shennell Antrobus, a spokesperson for the United States Capitol Police, in response to an email asking whether the U.S. Capitol Police advised Coffman to ban the use of recording devices, and if so, why. "The USCP considers any correspondence with Members of Congress and their offices confidential and security sensitive. Therefore, we generally abstain from discussing privileged information to preserve confidentiality."

In a limited survey, I couldn't find a congressional office that totally bans the use of recording devices, like Coffman's office does. So if this is indeed a recommendation of the USCP, it's apparently widely rejected. Offices sometimes ask visitors to restrict the use of recording devices in some circumstances.

You wonder, what possible security threat comes from operating your phone camera in a congressional office, especially if the device itself is allowed in the office, as long as it's not recording anything?

I'll do some research on that and report back.

The photo immediately below was taken this month at Coffman's office. The other one was shot in December.

The Blessed Talk-Radio Airwaves tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2014:/theblog//3.5511783 2014-06-19T12:33:31-04:00 2014-06-19T12:59:02-04:00 Jason Salzman http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jason-salzman/
I mean, it's a public service to know that State Senate candidate Laura Woods, who's running for the seat currently occupied by Democrat Rachel Zenzinger, will look narrowly to the Constitution and the Bible to guide her if she's elected. And that God directs Woods in a "real sense."

I previously reported on gubernatorial candidate Tom Tancredo's belief, as stated on talk radio, that God has a plan for him.

Conservative talk radio is apparently seen by candidates as a safe and comfortable place to talk openly about God, and it's a public service for all of us to hear the religious discussions that bless the airwaves there.

Woods offered her thoughts on the topic on two recent radio shows.

On his nooner show on KLZ 560-AM, called "Freedom 560," Ken Clark had this discussion with Woods on June 4:
Clark: Yeah. So, let's talk about your candidacy. What is the platform that you're running on?

Woods: I'm running on a liberty platform. That's who I am. I believe in the Constitution, the
Bill of Rights, the declaration of independence. And I will stand with those documents every day I'm in office. The Constitution and the Bible will be the two books that I use to govern me in doing that job. So that's Constitutional conservative, smaller government, lower taxes, conservative.

Listen to Woods on KLZ's Freedom 560 with Ken Clark 6.4.14

Two days before talking to Clark, in a conversation with righty Randy Corporon on KLZ's morning show, Woods (who formerly called herself Laura Waters) revealed more about how religion affects her political life:
Corporon: So, let's talk about you and why you threw your hat into this ring.

Woods: Well, thank you. I decided to get into this race in December, because I sat down with my primary opponent [Lang Sias] for lunch. And I didn't feel like he was conservative enough to represent this district and to fight for this seat that we had just opened up. Plus, also, when I asked him the question, "Do you want to be our Senator?", I couldn't get a straight answer to that question. So, we left that meeting - my husband and I--not really clear if he wanted the job. It's December. County assemblies are in March. We just started praying about, you know, somebody has got to be in this seat. And I had had people suggest to me it should be me. It was the furthest thing from my mind at the time. But, as we were looking for closed doors, doors kept opening and it just became clear that I wasn't stepping out to do this on my own. This was God directing me to do it in a real sense. And so I got into the race in early January. And then my primary opponent got into the race after I did -- about ten days, two weeks after I did.

Corporon: Oh, very, very interesting. So, when he realized that there was going to be competition, somehow, he decided to step up and jump in.

Listen to Woods on KLZ Wake Up with Randy Corporon! show 6.2.14

I've got nothing against anyone who turns to religion or God to guide their lives. And I've got nothing against people who turn to godless reason. But regardless, media figures like the hosts at KLZ are doing us a favor when they provide a platform for discussion of how candidates make decisions. Voters should know.]]>
What Gardner Doesn't Say Is More Informative Than What He Says tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2014:/theblog//3.5503427 2014-06-17T11:41:47-04:00 2014-06-17T11:59:02-04:00 Jason Salzman http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jason-salzman/ Associated Press article last week reported on the clashes between Sen. Mark Udall and his Republican opponent, Rep. Cory Gardner, on immigration issues. The AP piece, by Nicholas Riccardi, not only presents the two candidates' current positions on the topic but also adds info about what the one of the candidates is not saying.

Information about what candidates aren't willing to say allows readers to make meaningful comparisons.

It helps voters distinguish, in this case, a narrow immigration position, like Gardner's, from a broader one, like the comprehensive immigration reform supported by Udall. (Reporters covering Rep. Mike Coffman should also point out his unwillingness to offer a specific immigration plan, beyond vagaries--unlike his Democratic opponent Andrew Romanoff, who's a backer of the bipartisan Senate bill.)




For context, as he did with the two candidates' current immigration stances, Riccardi should have contrasted Gardner's own positions back then to Udall's.

Gardner, for example, was part of an organization called State Legislators for Legal Immigration, according to a May 22, 2007 Greeley Tribune article. Among other extreme immigration positions, Gardner's group wanted to prohibit the children of undocumented immigrants from attending school, even elementary school, and from receiving all other public assistance.

This comports with Gardner's 2006 vote in the state legislature against providing any benefits, including preventative care, like immunizations, to undocumented children as well as adults. At the time, Gardner was allied with the lawmakers in Colorado who thought the tough compromise legislation, passed during the special session in 2006, didn't go far enough.]]>
Pot Attack Ad Hits Colorado Governor's Race tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2014:/theblog//3.5500721 2014-06-16T15:56:04-04:00 2014-06-16T16:59:02-04:00 Jason Salzman http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jason-salzman/ The Denver Post's Lynn Bartels spotlighted what could be the first ad ever in Colorado attacking a gubernatorial candidate for supporting pot legalization--or any candidate for that matter.

The radio spot hits former congressman Tom Tancredo, who backed Colorado's amendment legalizing marijuana.

But the political ad goes further, bringing up the dreaded slippery slope, and falsely claiming that Tancredo wants to consider legalizing "all drugs."

Bartels reports:

As for the radio ad, it claims Tancredo wants to legalize all drugs, such as heroin, PCP and cocaine, and then it touts Kopp's concern about the legalization of marijuana. Tancredo said he supported the 2012 ballot measure that legalized marijuana but does not support the legalization of hard drugs.

The ad was paid for by Make Colorado Great Again, an independent expenditure committee whose sole donors are former U.S. Sen. Bill Armstrong, a Kopp supporter, and former ambassador Marilyn Ware.

Armstrong, who's President of Colorado Christian University, did not immediately return a call seeking comment on whether he approves of the accusations against Tancredo, who's competing in the Colorado GOP primary against three candidates. The winner of the primary election, June 24, takes on Gov. John Hickenlooper in November.

Listen to the ad here:

Will Talk-Radio Yappers Push Tancredo Over the Top? tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2014:/theblog//3.5492217 2014-06-13T11:59:22-04:00 2014-06-13T13:59:04-04:00 Jason Salzman http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jason-salzman/ Politico reported Wednesday:
Brat's surprise victory is a powerful reminder, as if any were needed, of the immense influence talk radio has over conservative politics -- it was not only [syndicated talk radio host Laura Ingraham] boosting but also Glenn Beck and Mark Levin bringing their considerable influence with the right to bear as well. Since well before the rise of the tea party, establishment Republicans have feared the medium's command over the conservative base.

National talk-radio hosts not only endorsed Brat, but had him on their radio shows, broadcast in Virginia, numerous times leading up to his primary victory, according to Politico.

Will these national yappers now take aim at Colorado, possibly boosting Tom Tancredo over his more establishment-supported rivals? So far I haven't seen Laura Ingraham, broadcast locally on KLZ 560-AM, or Mark Levin, on KNUS 710-AM, getting involved in our gubernatorial primary, and I have no idea of their GOP audience compares to Virginia's. Closest thing was Michelle Malkin's battle-cry tweet after Cantor's loss, saying Colorado is next.

But if anyone hears anything about Tanc from Ingraham, Levin, et al. please let me know.

In Virginia, it looks like Ingraham in particular took a high profile stance for Brat, as reported by Politico.
"She wasn't just a talk radio host who simply used her program to promote Brat. She took it to another level," said Chuck Todd, the NBC News political director and senior White House correspondent. "I think she does deserve credit in giving credibility to Brat."

Of the local radio hosts, KNUS' Peter Boyles is certainly doing his best for his buddy Tancredo, but god knows if Boyles does anything in the real world but excite electrons.

Colorado Springs talker Jimmy Lakey, who was once a Republican congressional candidate for CD 7 and doubles as Tancredo's press secretary, posted his ballot on his Facebook page, with "Tancredo" bubble filled in. See below.

Though both Tancredo and his chief rival Bob Beauprez are arguably tea-party conservatives, Tancredo lets his tea-party flag fly more openly.





Dump Ice Water on Tom Tancredo tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2014:/theblog//3.5488681 2014-06-12T12:46:34-04:00 2014-06-12T13:59:02-04:00 Jason Salzman http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jason-salzman/ he supports an abortion ban.).

TANCREDO: Now, on the one hand, you know, Peter, our whole thing in this campaign and in my life is, essentially, "Look, I want to control just my own life. I don't want to control yours." Okay? That's really and truly the bottom line for me. So, I don't want to control the lives of people who have a different opinion about their sexuality and that sort of thing.
BOYLES: Pshhh! Who cares!
TANCREDO: I just don't want them to try to control the lives of people -
BOYLES: Of others.
TANCREDO: --who have deeply held religious beliefs and are trying to, you know, adhere to them. And, so, that's the only sticking point, here. And if it weren't for that, I mean, I got no problems with this.


So Tancredo is saying, in a circular fashion, that he really doesn't tolerate gays at all, unless they could be on a planet-within-our-planet by themselves, where they wouldn't ruffle anyone's bogus religious convictions.

Would Tancredo say we should defend the right of a bully to punch someone in the nose? That's not an exact analogy, but discrimination and bigotry are actually pretty close to violence, especially in the big picture. Just ask a gay person who's been denied same-sex benefits, a lease, a job, opportunities for advancement, or a cake for their wedding, dear God.

Religion is Tancredo's recycled strategy to justify discrimination, with Boyles lap dogging it up and throwing fuel on Tancredo's fire.

Someone with a conscience in the KNUS studio needs to dump ice water on Boyles.]]>
Will CO Tea Party Knock Off Beauprez? tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2014:/theblog//3.5485657 2014-06-11T16:10:29-04:00 2014-06-11T16:59:02-04:00 Jason Salzman http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jason-salzman/
Tancredo's GOP primary opponent, Bob Beauprez, was a no-show.

Celebrating Cantor's victory with bravado and theme music ("We Are the Champions") on the air this morning, KLZ radio-host Randy Corporon talked about last night's Arapahoe County Tea Party meeting:
"Bob Beauprez didn't show up. But Tom Tancredo did. He was an unannounced visitor. He's been hitting a lot of Tea-Party and Liberty groups as the meetings pop up. And so...with Bob Beauprez not showing up at the Arapahoe Tea Party meeting, Tom Tancredo had some extra time to get his message out there."

Corporon, who's Chairman of the Arapahoe County Tea Party group, said on air that people at the meeting discussed "how to take advantage of the monumental event" of the Cantor defeat, and they decided that they need to get the message out to Republican candidates that "what happened to Eric Cantor can happen to you."

Bob Beauprez wasn't there to hear the message, but Tancredo was.

Listen to Randy Corporon celebrates Cantor defeat on KLZ 6.11.14]]>
Free-Market Writer Still Upset at Beauprez's Support of Obamacare Mandate tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2014:/theblog//3.5474776 2014-06-09T15:16:40-04:00 2014-06-09T15:59:02-04:00 Jason Salzman http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jason-salzman/ Bob Beauprez's unqualified support for the central tenant of Obamacare, the requirement that everyone have health insurance. That's called "the individual mandate."






Armstrong was way out in front on this story in 2007, we'll see where it goes from here.]]>
How Coffman's Obstructionism in Congress Has Hurt Vets tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2014:/theblog//3.5453474 2014-06-05T12:42:58-04:00 2014-06-05T12:59:02-04:00 Jason Salzman http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jason-salzman/ Aurora Sentinel, that he voted against funds to reduce delays at Veterans Administration hospitals, Rep. Mike Coffman told reporters in a statement that he opposed the legislation because it cut cost-of-living increases for some military retirees.




