Running under the Tea Party brand may be better in congressional races than being a Republican.
Maybe someone should tell Colorado GOP candidate Scott McInnis who failed in an attempt to hijack the Tea Party endorsement.
Northern Colorado’s two largest Tea Party groups have laid into presumptive Republican gubernatorial nominee Scott McInnis over what they see as his false claims of Tea Party support.
What really got the Tea Party folks riled up was McInnis appearance on Neil Cavuto’s show on Fox News Wednesday. As McInnis was introduced, an on-screen graphic read, “”Tea Party Backed Candidate Leading in CO Governor’s Race.”
As anyone who’s spent more than a couple of minutes watching Colorado politics knows, the idea that McInnis has the backing of Tea Party activists is ludicrous. Cavuto comes across as pretty ignorant about Colorado politics, I thought.
And to Boulderite liberals and progressives, the above is additional evidence that the Tea Party movement is not being manipulated by the GOP. Of course, to even begin to acknowledge that, the first qualification is to admit that global warming is not proven science.
OK, let’s see a Tea Party candidate for Colorado Governor. A few candidates for state government probably wouldn’t hurt either. Just sayin…
