I have three reservations about Coffman. One, he’s not a young guy, he’ll be almost 62 at the start of the 2017 Congress. Two, he rather recklessly left a key office (Sec of State) midterm and allowed the Dem Guv (Ritter) to appoint a Dem hack. Three, as a career politician, he has been in office continuously since 1989. I’d rather go with someone younger and that hasn’t spent half their life in office.
As for the other members from CO, Doug Lamborn is a year older than Coffman and Scott Tipton is a year younger. Cory Gardner is two decades younger than all of them.
State Treasurer Walker Stapleton is the same age as Gardner (the only downside is that he’s a Bush cousin). Outgoing Sec of State Scott Gessler is another possibility (he’s about 49). I endorsed him for Governor as a less controversial alternative to Beauprez and Tancredo (and one who successfully scored a statewide win). Outgoing Attorney General John Suthers will be 66 in 2017, so also too old to embark on a Senate career.
” he rather recklessly left a key office (Sec of State) midterm and allowed the Dem Guv (Ritter) to appoint a Dem hack.”
I hate when that happens, with any office but Sec of State is an especially bad one to lose. Resining as Sec of State knowing that rat will replace you is like resigning from leading a Boy Scout troop knowing a pedophile will replace you.
My biggest reservation would be, you wanna have that House seat open in a Presidential year?
Walker (I thought it was WALTER) Stapleton is a “Walker Bush” Walker?!?!