Wedded to bad policy

The crash and burn of the Taxpayer Protection Amendment(TPA), or the Bride of TABOR, last session might leave you to think that the Republicans don't want to talk about that issue on the campaign trail. But, here is a list of candidates that are embracing the policy no questions asked as they hit the campaign trail.

These candidates aren't afraid to admit they support ideas that have failed. Oh no. They boldly look up to defeat while lying on the mat after the last punch and ask for another round.

They dismiss reports with lines like "Colorado Business and Community Leaders Now View TABOR as Deeply Flawed" and "TABOR Has Played a Major Role in the Significant Cuts Made in Higher Education Funding" and happily sign a pledge to support the TPA so they can have a nice little bullet on their campaign lit. They ignore news stories with fiscal experts from Colorado who now say passing a TABOR bill was a mistake for their state.

Why let a little reality get in the way of campaign literature?

No doubt they are hoping most people have forgotten all of the news stories about the TPA by now and will only see the title of the proposal and think it is a good thing. But I'm betting the voters in some of those districts are going to ask a few questions about it.