Posted on 09/11/2007 9:09:03 AM PDT by george76
Former Grand Junction Congressman Scott McInnis said Delta County Commissioner Wayne Wolf’s decision to vie for the Republican nomination for outgoing Sen. Wayne Allard’s seat could be bad for the party.
McInnis, who was briefly the only Republican candidate in the 2008 Senate race, said Wolf’s candidacy could prove more of a “distraction” than an asset for the Colorado GOP next year.
“I think he’s a fine guy,” McInnis said. “I’m just worried at this point that a primary is going to serve as a distraction to the primary target, which is Mark Udall, and that the Republicans, in order to be victorious in that race, have to, if they can, avoid a primary and get behind one candidate.”
McInnis said the Republican primary battles between Pete Coors and Bob Schaffer in the 2004 Senate race and Bob Beauprez and Marc Holtzman in the 2006 gubernatorial race showed how problematic intra-party contests can be.
He said it would be unfortunate for the party if Wolf’s candidacy proved problematic for Schaffer’s second bid for the U.S. Senate.
(Excerpt) Read more at gjsentinel.com ...
Walt Klein, chief campaign consultant for Schaffer, said ...
I am glad there is no bias in that opinion.
Well, everyone who already declares always wants to be annointed rather have to compete in a primary and you generally dismiss this kind of comment. But I will give the guy this . . . his opponent is a county commissioner? A County Commissioner? A county commissioner wants to run for US Senate? Whatever happened to running for state legislature and then maybe US Congress to get some experience campaigning and debating first?
Take one moderate Republican
Add water
Voila! I call it: "Watered down Conservatism"
I love the fact that more than one candidate wants to run. It makes people honest and forced to discuss issues. I want about five more to run too. Only the strongest will ultimately win. I like that!!!
What happened?
I thought McInnis was not going to run and that Bob Schaffer was running?
What have I missed....
HERE is what Walt Klien said: Walt Klein, chief campaign consultant for Schaffer, said the former congressman really did not have much of a reaction to Wolf’s intent to run for Allard’s seat.
I don't know why you didn't quote what he said, but the implication that he was the one quoted in the piece is wrong.
He already did, when Bob entered the race. Bob barely lost the primary against Coors in 2004, then Coors fell apart and was beat by Salazar. Bob would have won that race.
Nothing, it’s the others who missed what the article actually said.
McInnis is saying that Wolf should not enter the race, because the Colorado Republican Party can’t stand another contentious primary.
I generally like primaries but given how they have backfired twice now in Colorado, I’m thinking he may be right.
I'm not sure this matters. I may be wrong, but I don't see Wolf as enough of a player to even come close to Shaffer in a primary. Still, I'd rather there be no primary.
Bob needs to save his money for the main event.
Apparently Wolf wants some state wide exposure ?
...the same thing that happened to putting a few years in the service as a young man. No doubt, you could ask all the candidates running in both parties and get a blank stare.
Isn’t there a poll showing Udall leading by 45-40. Given that Udall has a huge cash advantage over Schaffer being 5 points behind isn’t too bad.
This may pop up some next year :
Sept. 11 is the anniversary of a date when Americans going about their business were killed in cold blood by religious zealots: This is the 150th anniversary of the Mountain Meadows Massacre.
It happened near Cedar City, Utah. Just about everything except the date and location remain subjects of contention to this day.
Just how many died remains unknown, with estimates ranging from 80 to 130. Various investigations were interrupted by the Civil War, and the extent of formal LDS involvement is something historians and history buffs still argue about.
The only person formally charged in the massacre was John Doyle Lee, local constable and Indian agent. He was tried and convicted, then executed by a firing squad in 1877 at Mountain Meadows.
Lee’s great-great-grandson, Mark Udall, is running for U.S. Senate from Colorado.
http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_6854183
I was to be honest shocked and pleased Shaffer's only five behind, basically within the percentage of error. Udall has a huge war chest and better name recognition because Shaffer left Congress several terms ago and his district is mostly outside the metro area.
Shaffer also reportedly has turned on the afterburners and raised around $700K already. All in all, I'm very encouraged.
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