Republicans Betting Big on Colorado Into California Message

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The Republican Governor’s Association (RGA) came out this week with its first General Election advertisement for 2018, attacking Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jared Polis by saying he “wants to turn Colorado into California.” The ad is…well, it’s not very good, but how about that message?

We’ve heard this “turning Colorado into California” narrative from Republicans since at least the beginning of the year — GOP nominee Walker Stapleton used it regularly during Republican gubernatorial debates — and it continues to get a lot of use. Critics of new vehicle emissions standards being pushed by Gov. John Hickenlooper have been taking a similar approach in their finger-wagging responses.

Republicans no doubt have some kind of polling and/or focus group data telling them that “turning Colorado into California” is a winning message in 2018. They seem determined to push this narrative at all costs, though it’s unclear how effective it might become. Sometimes these cute slogans can be winners, but just as often they fizzle because they are too overdone. The “Frontier Fairness” slogan that Mike Johnston briefly promoted in early 2017 was probably tested and re-tested, but once you get outside of focus groups where you don’t have the luxury of providing more context, the words lose meaning in a hurry.

Maybe we’re completely wrong here and “turning Colorado into California” is a home run of a message. It just sounds a bit…silly.

Read more: https://www.coloradopols.com/diary/110589/republicans-betting-farm-on-colorado-into-california-message

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1. 5th biggest economy on the planet is bad for colorado? jeez nt

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2. Walker Stapleton grew up in Greenwich, KKKonnecticut.

According to Wikipedia he grew up in CT and attended the private Brunswick School. How bout that, another ivory tower right wing politician trying to tell Colorado what's best. Oh, and the New York Times did an article about his great-great grandfather's KKK connections while serving as Denver's mayor. Yeah, that drew a LTTE in the Denver Post from one of his obscure right wing allies saying this has nothing to do with Walker. But does the acorn fall far from the family tree?

This turning Colorado into California is just the type of KKK thing they would try. Surpise! Who thought they would pull this since Polis is gay (and Jewish). We've played that game before.

We don't need any more KRAZY gopers ruining this Kountry. We saw what happened with Bill Owens and W. Bush, the state's economy tanked and he left us with a big hole, and a higher education that was MUCH more expensive. The GOP is ready to sell the state to the highest KOCH bidder. This race is about if the people run this state our nuts like the KKKOCH brothers run this state. WE will have big problems if this dirty KKK bastard wins. At least KKKrazy Trump is far away in Washington. We'll get our own Krackpot Walker Stapleton right here in KKKolorado. God help us if he wins.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker_Stapleton