As Brian T. Campbell Sr. and I stood on the East steps (yes the East steps) of the Colorado State Capitol on February 27th of 2009 at the first Denver metro Tea Party, we were encouraged by the obvious unity of the some 250 – 300 persons in attendance.

We also shared with each other the same question, what issues could destroy what we saw growing before us?

One of those issues we thought, could be, disagreement on candidates.

Will the current disagreement between groups and individuals about the Colorado governors race destroy the Liberty movement in the state?

I don’t know, I kind of doubt it.

But the risk does exist as the animosity seems to be on the increase.

I angered and lost some allies when Tom Tancredo entered the race as a third party candidate and I expressed my belief that to enter the race as he did was not a move I, personally, supported.

People actually choose to disassociate with me because I held and continue to hold that belief.

This without my having said anything about if I believed him qualified or not to be governor of Colorado.

Wednesday evening Hear Us Now pulled it’s endorsement of Dan Maes.

The ‘fall out’ has actually been minimal, so far.

We took a few very nasty emails, lost a couple of people on our email list (gained 24 on our email list), lost a few Facebook associates and have been removed from the email list of other organizations.

This is all well and fine.

As a co-founder of Hear Us Now I state that we have, in all things, acted in honesty and with integrity and if we ceased to exist as a group tomorrow, I’m fine with going out like that.

My concern is with the sentiment of the few emails we took against our decision to pull our endorsement of Maes and with many of the messages I see across Facebook and in some email threads.

It seems that some believe they cannot be disagreed with.

There exists a core of people who support Tom Tancredo in this race and believe that a vote for Maes is not a vote based upon principle.

Clearly there is as well a core of people who also question an individuals commitment to conservatism, the Liberty movement and the state of Colorado if they are not in support of Dan Maes.

If John Hickenlooper is elected governor of Colorado, some are going to blame Maes supporters and others will blame Tancredo supporters.

Some will never get past the fact that their candidate was not elected and are going to refuse (and already are refusing) to work with those individuals and groups who supported the “other” candidate.

I state flatly; if there is no room in the Liberty movement for disagreement then there is no Liberty in the Liberty movement.

The Hear Us Now committee met at 5:30 Wednesday morning to make a final decision regarding our continued endorsement of Republican candidate for Colorado Governor, Dan Maes.

We have, in the days following the Republican primary met and discussed, several times our growing concern and dissatisfaction with the Maes campaign.

A final decision was reached by the committee Wednesday morning to rescind our endorsement of Dan Maes.

It’s been no secret among some groups involved in the Liberty movement that we have been considering withdrawing our endorsement.

While some have challenged us suggesting that perhaps we, as a Liberty group, would not be standing on principles were we to withdraw our endorsement, we disagree.

We believe that the principles of the Liberty movement require us to cease any further support of Mr. Maes.

I have been assured that were we to withdraw our endorsement, our group would be “shunned”.

If that is the case, then so be it.

So, today we join CRL and former Senator Hank Brown as we withdraw our endorsement of Dan Maes for Governor of Colorado.

The letter to the Maes campaign is posted directly below. Click on it to download a more viewable copy in PDF form.

R Block Party will hold it’s 2nd annual picnic today from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the Washington Park Boathouse.

The boathouse is located at the north end of the park, E Exposition Ave & S Franklin St in Denver.

Don’t pretend you have something more important to do.

What could be more important than reclaiming our state?

It all starts at home, if we don’t reclaim the state then it makes it that much harder to reclaim the nation.

22 State House District candidates will be in attendance.

There will be auction items, some of which are:

• Concealed Carry Weapon class for six
• Broncos tickets
• One week in Hawaii
• 3 days and 2 nights in Crested Butte

There will also be a bake sale.

This IS a fund raiser.

While there is no charge to attend, please come and plan to participate in the auction, buy something from the bake sale or just write a check to a candidate who you support.

R Block Party is providing chips and drinks.

Please bring your own picnic meal.

You may contact R Block Party by emailing them at RBlockParty@comcastDOTnet.

You may also visit their Facebook page.

Couldn’t make it to Loveland last night to attend the Ken Buck victory party? Take some time and view the video embedded below.

It’s a great win, but the fight is not over.

Michael Bennet must be sent packing on November 2nd.

A little over a month and a half after the Rasmussen Reports showed Colorado to be the leading Tea Party state, a Gallup Poll shows it to be 6th in a list of the top ten liberal states.

I’ve considered Colorado a liberal state since the second I first moved here, but I was a little surprised to see it in a list of the top ten liberal states.

However, it’s not as bad news as some might first think.

According to the polling, which took place between January and June of this year, 27% of those who live in Colorado consider themselves liberals.

That means a majority of Coloradans (73%) do not consider themselves liberal.

Of the remaining 73%, I do not know how many consider themselves Conservatives, Libertarians or Independents.

What I do know, going back to the Rasmussen Reports findings, is that one out of every three Colorado voters are a part of the Tea Party.

So in response to those emails I received expressing concern about the results of this particular Gallup poll, I believe the pro-liberty movement is in fine shape in Colorado.

No matter if Colorado were 27% liberal or 99% liberal, we will continue to fight the fight and do our part to steer this nation back to fiscal responsibility and Constitutional adherence.