Tom Tancredo and Colorado's "Platform for Prosperity"

Written by Joe Wolverton, II
Tuesday, 01 December 2009 20:00

Tea Party activists are working nationwide to shake every tree of unrest wherever they find them growing to acquire money sufficient to fund campaigns of viable political candidates who are willing to vow to hew tightly to the conservative principles upon which the movement is built. While these support safaris are happening in several states, the battle for the state house in Colorado has particularly animated the substantial segment of the population dissatisfied with the policies of the current Democratic governor, Bill Ritter.

To winnow the crop of potential GOP candidates proffered as an alternative to the incumbent executive, some high-profile Republicans in the Centennial State have fashioned a measuring stick to size up the several men hoping to be the Republican nominee. The agenda is called the “Platform for Prosperityâ€