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The Negativity Just Keeps Coming
Before I get to that, let me first congratulate Victor Marx on selecting George Markert as his Lieutenant Governor. I've had George speak at Parker Conservatives on a couple of occasions. He's thoughtful, engaging, intellectually sharp, and says what he believes without apology. He's a tremendous addition to the Colorado Republican Governor ticket, and I believe Colorado will benefit from his leadership.
Now for the elephant in the room.
I've never seen so many people surrender before the game has even started. The Republican nominee hasn't lost. The election hasn't happened. Not one vote has been cast. Yet I hear self-appointed political statisticians explaining why victory is impossible. Apparently, they've run all the numbers from the comfort of their recliner and concluded that everyone else should simply accept defeat, now. How inspiring.
Here's a thought. Instead of spending an hour typing another Facebook dissertation explaining why Republicans can't win Colorado, spend that same hour doing something that might actually help us win. Make a few phone calls, knock on a few doors. Wear a Victor Marx hat to your local grocery store or Home Depot and strike up a conversation. Donate ten dollars. Volunteer one Saturday. Believe it or not, elections aren't won by keyboard philosophers. They're won by ordinary people doing ordinary things consistently over many months. That's what positivity looks like.
A mentor of mine, Keith Guilbault, always talked about positivity daily. Not some pie-in-the-sky, "ignore reality" optimism. Real positivity. The kind that acknowledges the mountain in front of you but starts climbing anyway. Research has found that our mindset becomes the lens through which we interpret every challenge. A growth mindset doesn't deny difficulty; it simply refuses to believe difficulty is the final chapter. People who believe they can grow are more willing to persevere, learn, and achieve a level of success.
Exactly.
No serious climber has ever stood at the base of Mount Everest, looked up, and declared, "The odds aren't very good. Let's pack it up and go home." Sir Edmund Hillary didn't become the first man to summit Everest because the statistics favored him. He succeeded because he believed the mountain could be climbed. The odds were terrible. The danger was real. People had died trying. Yet he reached the top. Every worthwhile accomplishment in history has started with someone willing to ignore the chorus of professional pessimists.
The same principle applies in politics. If Colorado Republicans convince themselves they cannot win the Governorship of Colorado, then they won't. Not because the Democrats were unbeatable, but because we defeated ourselves before Election Day ever arrived.
Paul wrote in Philippians 4:13, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Notice what he didn't say. He didn't say, "I can do all things if the polling averages look favorable." He didn't say, "I can do all things if the consultants approve." He said, I can do all things through Christ.
James reminds us, "Count it all joy... when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness." (James 1:2-4) Steadfastness, not surrender, is what Scripture calls us to. Romans 5 tells us that perseverance produces character, and character produces hope. Hope isn't wishful thinking. Hope is confidence that difficult circumstances do not get the final word.
Too many Colorado Republicans have confused being "pragmatic" with being pessimistic. They're not the same thing. Pragmatism identifies obstacles so they can be overcome. Pessimism identifies obstacles as excuses for doing nothing. Those are worlds apart.
Pam and I believed enough in Victor Marx's campaign that, during the primary, we walked nearly 2,500 homes between the two of us. We invested our time. We invested our talents. We invested our treasure. Not because someone guaranteed victory, but because causes worth believing in deserve effort.
Douglas County Republicans need to hear this message. Our county has become increasingly competitive. Some precincts are no longer as deep red as they once were. That should motivate us, not discourage us. If the leadership in our all-county GOPs spends more energy quietly undermining our nominee than enthusiastically supporting him, we've become our own opposition. A shadow campaign against your own Republican nominee isn't strategy. It's surrender.
So here's my challenge. Go look in the mirror and ask yourself a simple question: Am I contributing to victory, or am I contributing to defeat? If your greatest contribution to this campaign is another gloomy Facebook post explaining why winning is impossible, then you've become part of the problem you're complaining about.
Put on the Victor shirt. Wear the hat. Talk to your neighbors. Volunteer. Pray. Give. Encourage. Get involved. Positive thinking isn't pretending mountains don't exist. It's deciding they're worth climbing.
Colorado doesn't need more Republicans explaining why we can't win.
Colorado needs Republicans willing to lace up their boots and start climbing.

[Eyes Open @BC1155]

Glad you’re now on board @SenTedCruz. We’re your constituents and have given you donations in the past. Have emailed and called your offices and only could speak with your young aides. PLEASE make this go to the floor no matter what anyone else says/does. Election integrity is key.

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We need a talking filibuster on the SAVE Act — make Democrats stand and speak so Americans see who’s blocking election integrity.

Keep the Senate floor active, force the debate into the open, and make every senator go on record.

Stay here if needed. Don’t stop until it’s done.

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As a Denver homicide detective, Joe DeMott had a commitment to seeing that justice was done. Joe's dedication and determination to get to the truth made him a formidable homicide detective whose commitment extended beyond his normal caseload of horrendous homicides. Joe believed that cold cases needed to be reviewed and reworked with a fresh set of eyes. This commitment to solving cold cases led to justice for victims and their families, who had waited years for answers. Joe was part of an elite homicide unit, and his stories of the team's work never fail to amaze me. It was an honor to work alongside these dedicated individuals for decades, especially Joe whose dedication and determination came from his commitment to God and his family.

Mitch Morrissey Denver District Attorney (2005-2017) Coauthor of The Denver District Attorney's Office: A History of Crime in the Mile High City

Joe DeMott is a man of God and was one of the most tenacious Homicide Detectives that I had the privilege to work with. He and his wife, Stephanie, often prayed over cases in which victims had been brutally killed and we needed God's divine guidance to lead us to their killer. It was a rare occurrence when that did not happen, but God will always sort that out in the end. Their faith and prayer led to many cases being solved. It is my hope that anyone who reads this book will see God 's hand in every story Joe has written about.

Daniel Yount (Denver Police Department, Lieutenant, retired)

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