As we’ve already commented here and here, the Rocky Mountain News has apparently finally caught on: Beauprez is in the race for Governor.
Beauprez stopped short of making a formal announcement, but confirmed that he is putting together a team for the campaign to succeed Gov. Bill Owens, who is term-limited.
"We're moving forward," Beauprez said. "I've been fairly candid that I don't plan on taking any steps backwards.
“Putting together a team” – to folks like you and me, that means they are already raising money, have an Organizational Director (Julie Herrmann), a Campaign Director (John Marshall) and are narrowing the field for a Campaign Manager.
Endorsements are rolling in, County Chairmen are being put into place, and a strategic traveling schedule is being formalized. All while the Democrats are still fumbling around looking for the candidate who can beat Bobby B. HINT: the only guy who could even come close would need to be drafted.
On top of this news flash about Bob Beauprez, look for Scott McInnis to quietly find a compelling personal reason not to move forward with his campaign. The Delay scandal has raised concerns about congressional travel and in the Colorado delegation McInnis was a big-time frequent flyer. I heard that he even took international trips AFTER he announced he wasn't going to run again -- raising questions about who paid for the travel and whether it was completely legitimate, Natalie Meyer probably regrets getting out on this one...
Posted by: polllyblog | April 30, 2005 at 04:58 PM
If Beauprez is already hiring staff for the gov race - where does that leave Bridges? What's his staffing looking like so far??
Posted by: thinkin | April 30, 2005 at 10:30 PM
I agree with pollyblog about McInnis. He chose to end his political career in favor of making tons of money as a lawyer-lobbyist in Tom Strickland's firm (the king of lawyer-lobbyists!!!) No way the GOP is going to give him the big prize.
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