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Repeal: A one-word agenda for Republicans

Tom Lucero — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

March 22, 2010

Repeal: A one-word agenda for Republicans.

BY William Kristol

Last night’s victory was the culmination of Obama’s health care effort, which has been his version of Napoleon’s Russia campaign. He won a short-term victory, but one that will turn out to mark an inflection point on the road to defeat, and the beginning of the end of the Democratic party’s dominance over American politics. Last night was Obama’s Borodino. Obama’s Waterloo will be November 6, 2012.

And then comes repeal, and the opportunity for renewed and revitalized conservative governance.

Betsy Markey will vote for health-care reform bill

Tom Lucero — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Betsy Markey will vote for health-care reform bill

BY ROBERT MOORE • March 18, 2010

Rep. Betsy Markey will vote in favor of the health care reform bill this weekend, she told the Coloradoan today, a decision that significantly increases the likelihood of the bill passing and risks political peril for her.

"I have very closely taken a look at the compromise version, I read the (Congressional Budget Office) budget analysis today and I have decided that I am going to support this bill and vote for the bill," the Fort Collins Democrat said.

LUCERO TOUTS CONSERVATIVE CREDENTIALS

Tom Lucero — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

LONGMONT —Tom Lucero said Tuesday that if he’s elected to Congress, he wouldn’t compromise his conservative Republican principles, even if pressured to do so by GOP leaders.

"Part of the reason the Republicans got tossed out" of their majority control of Congress, he said, "is that we got the power and then we behaved like Democrats."

During a Tuesday night campaign event at the Izaak Walton Park clubhouse here, Lucero — a University of Colorado regent — said he’d demonstrated his independence by occasionally being the sole dissenter in 8-1 votes by CU’s governing board members.

WARD CHURCHILL FOE MOUNTS BID FOR CONGRESS

Tom Lucero — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Ward Churchill Foe Mounts Bid for Congress « The Washington ...
In 2005, University of Colorado Regent Tom Lucero gained a smidgen of national attention for his role in investigating — and eventually stripping of tenure ...

REPUBLICANS VYING FOR 4TH DISTRICT SEAT MEET FOR DEBATE

Tom Lucero — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

WINDSOR - Meeting in their first debate of the 2010 primary campaign, Northern Colorado's four Republican congressional candidates each staked a claim Thursday as the best conservative to take on Rep. Betsy Markey (D-Colorado).