Probably should have followed their constituents' wishes

[MARIS61]

http://news.msn.com/us/colorado-lawmakers-lose-recalls-over-gun-laws-support

Two Colorado state lawmakers who backed gun-control measures in the aftermath of the mass shootings in Colorado and Connecticut last year have been ousted in recall elections.

Pueblo voters in Democratic Sen. Angela Giron's district approved her recall, with results coming in late Tuesday. Returns earlier showed Democratic Senate President John Morse also lost his seat in Colorado Springs.

In Giron's race, voters chose Republican George Rivera, a former Pueblo police officer, to replace her.

The firearms legislation package Giron supported this year included size limits for ammunition magazines and expanded background checks for private and online gun purchases.

Her working-class district favors her party but includes Democrats who are big supporters of the Second Amendment.

Senate President John Morse faced a tough election in the Republican stronghold of Colorado Springs, where he won re-election by just a few hundred votes in 2010.

"We as the Democratic party will continue to fight," Morse told supporters in Colorado Springs as he conceded the race.

With 94 percent of the projected vote counted, voters in Colorado Springs favored recalling Morse by 51 percent to 49 percent.

Republican Bernie Herpin, a former Colorado Springs city councilman, will replace him.

 

[maxiep]

Pretty much. That gun law was a HUGE issue here in Colorado. Those two legislators ran as moderates and governed as liberals.

 

[PapaG]

I found this hilarious. Next fall won't be pretty for the Democrats ... not that the GOP who replaces them will be much better, if at all.

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2013/09/reflecting-on-the-colorado-recalls.html

Reflecting on the Colorado recalls

We did a poll last weekend in Colorado Senate District 3 and found that voters intended to recall Angela Giron by a 12 point margin, 54/42. In a district that Barack Obama won by almost 20 points I figured there was no way that could be right and made a rare decision not to release the poll. It turns out we should have had more faith in our numbers becaue she was indeed recalled by 12 points.

What's interesting about our poll is that it didn't find the gun control measures that drove the recall election to be that unpopular. Expanded background checks for gun buyers had 68/27 support among voters in the district, reflecting the overwhelming popularity for that we've found across the country. And voters were evenly divided on the law limiting high capacity ammunition magazines to 15 bullets, with 47% supporting and 47% opposing it. If voters were really making their recall votes based on those two laws, that doesn't point to recalling Giron by a 12 point margin.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Next fall won't be pretty for the Americans.

Your precious republicans won't save you, just like our precious democrats didn't save us.

 

[PapaG]

Your precious republicans won't save you, just like our precious democrats didn't save us.

I think you have me confused with someone else.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

I think you have me confused with someone else.

I replied before your edit. My bad. Good to see you clarify yourself.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Your precious republicans won't save you, just like our precious democrats didn't save us.

This

 

[Eastoff]

I was very surprised to learn this is such an issue to people. Clearly I was living in a bubble on the topic. Consider myself educated and scared.

 

[Masbee]

I was very surprised to learn this is such an issue to people. Clearly I was living in a bubble on the topic. Consider myself educated and scared.

Why are you "scared"?

That seems a very strange response.