Republicans gather at the 2016 state GOP convention at the Broadmoor World Arena in Colorado Springs on April 8. (Kathryn Scott Osler, The Denver Post)
Re: Ted Cruz dominates Colorado GOP convention winning all 34 delegates, April 10 news story.
So the Colorado Republican Party decides there will be no presidential preference poll at state caucuses. Then they have a state convention and give every delegate to Ted Cruz, who has the gall to say the Colorado voters have spoken. Does that mean the Republicans will now take away our right to vote in November and tell us who we elected? And this is a democracy?
Pat Queen, Lakewood
This letter was published in the April 17 edition.The insider good ol boys do it again! In last weekend s Republican convention, we got the politically connected voice without the average Joe Republican having any choice. To those running the Colorado Republican Party: Good job alienating as many other voters as possible.
Mark Rouch, Arvada
This letter was published in the April 17 edition.Colorado Republicans stood up to the Trump bullies and may have even saved our party and our country from the proto-totalitarianism that characterizes Donald Trump and his campaign.
Mr. Make America Great Again did not do his homework in Colorado, and then instead of admitting his campaign s incompetence, he screams that his rivals are liars and thieves.
My ancestors traveled west in covered wagons and settled in Colorado. They would be proud of Coloradans independence and grit.
Deborah Bucknam, East Hardwick, Vt.
Since the people of Colorado have been disenfranchised by this move by their GOP, I will take action to express my anger. I graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder and have vacationed in Colorado for years. Let it be known that I will never return to the state and spend one dime. Utah will benefit from me economically. I will never donate a penny to your university system. I will never forget this and I know I am not alone. Shame on you, Colorado.
Robert Boyer, Chapel Hill, N.C.
This letter was published in the April 17 edition.I have been a Republican for 51 years. I have been dishonored by the Colorado GOP with their taking my presidential caucus vote away from me. The Colorado GOP establishment is crooked and anti-constitutional. I am withdrawing from the Republican Party as of now.
Tarry G. Slusher, Broomfield
Re: Donald Trump’s whining about Colorado delegates misses the point, April 12 editorial.
Donald Trump is nothing more than a playground bully who cries foul when he is kicked in the shins by those who ve had enough of him. I m sure The Donald would not be ranting about the unfairness of the Colorado GOP convention delegate results if the results had been in his favor. Let s hear it for Colorado for shutting down Trump!
Michele Kapaun, Aurora
This letter was published in the April 17 edition.I was a delegate and an alternate in Colorado s recent Republican caucuses, and I take issue with The Post s characterization of the process as activist and insider-dominated. The heart of the process was precinct caucuses attended by interested citizens, not activists. I was joined by about 60 of my neighbors in my caucus. Those of us who volunteered to become state delegates spoke about who we supported and why. We were elected by majority votes to go to congressional district assemblies and the state convention, where more than 600 people were running for national delegate, representing all of the presidential candidates.
The process was democratic and not dominated by party insiders. The fact that the delegate vote was unanimously in favor of Ted Cruz is no different from the outcome of a winner-take-all primary, and is hardly evidence of a rigged process, as Donald Trump claims.
Kingsbury Browne, Golden
This letter was published in the April 17 edition.Your editorial is correct in concluding that Colorado should return to a presidential primary every four years as the means of allocating national delegates. It was dropped for budgetary reasons, but even with a very tight state budget, the estimated $5 million cost for this exercise in democracy is worth about $1/citizen every four years. Colorado s regular primary in late June is too late for a presidential primary, so a separate election in March/April is required.
I am one of those mentioned by The Post as not excited by Donald Trump or Ted Cruz, but I went to my caucus, became a GOP state delegate, and represented many others at my caucus by supporting the Kasich slate. But the Cruz campaign had the votes to elect their delegates. Not enough Trump people attended caucuses, nor were they well-organized at the county or state conventions.
Robert Clinton, Denver
This letter was published in the April 17 edition.
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