Colorado Recall - One Perspective

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The shot heard 'round Colorado (more here). Two plumbers start the movement.

The Biden Defense

Gun control advocates sent a message through Colorado, cheered on by Vice President Joe (Slow Joe) Biden directly, and President Obama -- from afar. The message was that politicians could vote for gun control measures without fear of career ending reprisals from their constituents. 

Voters responded and removed two Colorado politicians -- with more to potentially follow. And while the anti-firearms legislation that the legislature passed is still on the books, the gun control orgy is dead in Colorado and the legislation will quietly go away as the Democratic majorities in the Colorado House and Senate privately consider their careers. Politicians, to be obvious about it, value survival. They're not inclined to take stands on issues that put them at odds with their constituents, and they don't like to wade into divisive debates that rile people up but don't win them votes. And they listen when their colleagues are cast from office by angry voters.

John Morse and Angela Giron are no longer state legislators. They no longer have jobs. They no longer lap from the trough. And that lesson is not lost on the rest of Colorado's legislators. John Morse, former president of the Colorado State Senate, no longer presides.

There had never been a successful recall vote in the history of Colorado. But that changed when a couple of patriots began a movement.

John Morse (no longer a politician - left) and friend