primary problems

Over the weekend, Colorado Democrats had another potentially expensive and divisive primary put on their plate: this time, in Colorado’s Third Congressional District.

And already, the newest entrant – Grand Junction City Councilman Chris Kennedy – is pulling the field hard to the left. In explicitly endorsing single-payer healthcare, Kennedy said: “A lot of people don’t understand [single-payer], but depend on Medicare and do not realize that is government delivered.”

Single-payer is fast becoming the key litmus test in 2018 for Democrats around the country. So what does Kennedy’s primary opponent, state Rep. Diane Mitsch Bush, think of this, we wonder?

It looks more likely every day that whoever emerges from this field will be saddled with so much far-left baggage, it will be seriously difficult to compete with Congressman Scott Tipton and his record of conservative accomplishments for Colorado.