If the delayed vote on the revenue and spending cap was not evidence enough, Wednesday’s Taxation and Budget Reform Commission workshop on the proposal seemed to shout: TABOR IS DEAD.

One by one, audience members (like the ones above) stepped up to the microphone and expressed support for the provision. But most of these fanatics also said the plan (bureaucratically known as CP 45 and informally as a taxpayers’ bill of rights) has been so weakened by exclusion-laden amendments that it has no pop left. Give it some teeth, they said.

So you have opponents buffeting it on one side and proponents criticizing it on the other. Mix in lingering confusion over the proposal, intense lobbying by cities and counties and the almost no time left to take up proposals and you can safely bet it is going down.

On the flip side, TABOR’s failure may solidify support around the McKay-Rubio tax swap. It is the most sweeping property tax measure the TBRC has placed on the ballot and enjoys healthy support, Randy Millers of the world aside.