Recall Elections for Bad Politicians, Good Politicians making tough decisions, or Criminal Politicians?

While there's a new plan for election laws being written, Republicans here are still moving toward a constitutional amendment that would change the rules regarding recall elections.

My theory goes like this: Once Republicans take power, they feel the need to pull up the ladder that got them there and protect their one party castle. Until then though, well, that’s a different story.

In Wisconsin, Republicans have super majorities and now gerrymanders safe districts, no worries. So they've decided to constitutionally change the recall laws so only criminal behavior, not bad lawmaking, can result in throwing the rogues out of office.

But in Colorado, it’s just the other way around. Conservative gun nuts have organized recalls against Democrats on the false notion that gun regulation is unconstitutional. Talk about frivolous.

WPR: John Morse isn't bogged down in personal scandal. The Democratic president of the Colorado Senate isn't accused of ethical improprieties or anything else that might directly violate his oath of office. But by pushing a sweeping gun-control measure he's alienated a swath of voters who are determined to toss him out of office before his term ends.

On Monday, groups opposing restrictions on guns turned in twice as many signatures as they needed to trigger a recall election against Morse. A recall of another state senator appears likely.

It's the latest example of an elected official facing recall not because of criminal misconduct, but simply because their opponents disagree with their policy choices.

Is the following a Democrat talking about Scott Walker, or a Republican talking about a Democrat who passed gun regulation. Eerily similar, don’t you think?

"Waiting for the next election would still give them another year to trample freedom with anti-constitutional bills pushed by an extremist minority," says Anthony Garcia, spokesman for the lead group seeking Morse's ouster. "We appealed to people's common sense and found that many wanted action now, both to simply remove him and to send a message to the Legislature here."