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(R) Trisha Calvarese
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July 08, 2008 08:35 PM UTC
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I can now see why Coffman didn’t bother running for Guv in ’06. At best, he would have had to wage a primary battle against Both Ways who had the backing of these folks. Coffman either would have lost the primary, or even if he had won, he’d have been drained financially and lost the general to Ritter.
Armstrong is currently the CEO of a company his dad started.
Foreclosures are actually down — slightly — this month! You’d think he’d be embracing his mortgage broker past, now that things have turned around!
So Suthers has sold out to Bill Armstrong who has destroyed the GOP in Colorado.
Not surprising to see the ambitious little man follow the money.
Now he’ll be known as part of the mortgage bankers’ lobby.
Far as I’m concerned, his career is done, but I’ll have only one vote so he’s probably feeling pretty smug.
The GOP establishment doesn’t like Coffman for some reason, probably because they’re mad he’s giving up his post.
Wait till they want something from him when he gets to Congress!
Coffman’s friends won’t forget, and maybe now they’ll understand that it’s all about Bill Armstrong and the mortgage bankers, not about the GOP.
No, the Powers That Be have disliked Coffman for some time now. I’m not sure why. it pre-dates his decision to give up his current post. Maybe because he doesn’t play their games?
He was obviously interested in running for Guv in ’06 but they went out and dug up Both Ways just to keep Coffman from being the nominee.
My gut feeling: B.O. has some long standing grudge and the other just fell into line behind the leader.
Colorado Republicans again pledge their alligence to Bill Armstrong over the guy who’s probably going to win. How come nobody seems to be concerned with the prospect of pissing off the next Congressman from CD-6? How can Coffman be the next Republican big-wig when he can’t get this wing of the party behind him in a primary he seems certain to win?
Not Will. If it weren’t for Wil’s dad, the establishment would be lined up behind Coffman because they know he is going to win. He has a huge lead in the polls and fundraising, is proven and has the highest name id in this race. This normally translates to support by the party elites but most of them owe their careers to Bill. Plus many of them are thinking about future funding for their own campaigns. At this point I don’t think it matters,. Coffman will win in a landslide.
If Coffman weren’t running against Wil Armstrong, he would be the one getting the endorsements. It just amazes me that no one seems to be concerned about pissing off Coffman who is certain to win. Does he understand what’s going on but doesn’t care? I have a hard time imagining that this isn’t bothering him
Everyone on this board has called the race in favor of Coffman.
Coffman has angered the GOP powers (those endorsing Armstrong) by putting the SoS post in play. Doesn’t Bill Armstrong have more money than friends? Can’t we expect to see 527s of every make and model pounding Coffman? I’ve seen the Christian Coalition and others get pretty nasty in GOP primaries. I think this may be another Republicans eat their young scenario.
Doesn’t anyone else think this is going to get ugly and ugly is on Wil’s side?
That’s not a bad theory.
A corollary would be that Democrats (and Coffman supporters — not the same thing!) are underestimating how strongly the GOP Powers want to hold onto the Secretary of State’s office. We’ve had Democrats as Attorney General and Treasurer over the decades, but the Republicans have held the SoS basically forever (at least since the early ’60s). Maybe there’s more to the office and its powers than we think.
Probably, but remember, there’s always the possibility that win or lose, he might quit as Sec. of State after the Nov. election, just to spite the folks in the GOP who screwed him again.
There’s also something worse which he could do….follow in the footsteps of Debbie Stafford and become a Dem (or at least a DINO).
He’d probably be treated a lot better by the Dems than he’s been treated by the Repubs.
Those seem to be ringing awfully hollow lately. Coffman’s an Eisenhower Republican, which is probably where the future of the GOP in Colorado lies (at least until the crazies take over again when enough voters have lost their memory).
Coffman wins, and it’s nasty, and then the Trailhead powers patch things up because he’ll be one of only three statewide or federal Republicans in all of Colorado.
My question is, where’s the powerful state party chairman in all this? Is he so consumed with the Schaffer debacle he can’t get these two wings to at least pretend to make nice?
Dicky hasn’t even been making much noise over in Schaffer campaign bunker lately. I understand Schaffer’s silence, but I’d expect Wadhams to at least hurl an occasional Boulder liberal Mark Udall to press from time to time.
Wadhams might have been quiet, but he’s been busy. The campaign finally hired a press secretary today (Kelly Brady, formerly of Allard’s staff).
Maybe Brady can persuade the Colorado press to come up with more than three whole articles worth touting on Schaffer’s web site. Actually, there are four articles linked, but one of them is from 2001.
The GOP electorate seems, well, confused. Across the US, GOP voters have been selecting and supporting unknowns over establishment candidates.
Are Repos dizzy? Confused? Or just sick of their own party?
Maybe it’s none of the above, but it sure is interesting.
We don’t all line up to support the establishment candidate like you Joan Fitz-Gerald supporters.
are not mutually exclusive.
And no, a lot of the candidates that have been nominated nation-wide are perplexing b/c no one knows why they’ve been nominated – not even the Republicans.
Without Daddy, ARMs(trong) would never have a positive press release.
The only thing ARMs(trong) understands about the economy is how to dip into the… “TRUST FUND.”
I’ve heard Armstrong made a $500,000 TV buy and wanted to know if he really raised that much money or if he dip into the trust fund.
If he had, then his campaign would have sent out a release the same day Coffman touted raising over $300,000. His campaign manger’s comment would have been something along the lines of “that’s it?”; rather than trying to spin it and say he would expect Coffman to have good #’s based on his network and years of service. I thought that was kind of an ironic statement because Bill Armstrong has the better network. It appears the big donors just aren’t buying into his son’s candidacy. Wil probably raised around $200,000 last quarter and put the rest in himself.
Yeah, that’ll happen.
Wil Armstrong is politics as usual. He’s just not bright enough to have figured that out yet. He needs a new message.
And unlike Wil, Jared did it on his own using his own money. Suthers must love him.
And his daddy didn’t hand him the business.
If Armstrong is nominated, I’m voting Dem in CD-6.
He’s relying on consultants, and that makes no sense.
If all the top local talent is being shunted away from his campaign by Daddy Armstrong, you’re left with a choice of volunteers – who generally aren’t up to a full-scale Congressional campaign – or consultants.
If he’s not accepting volunteers at any level, that’s a problem. Even if the race is completely lopsided, a ground campaign is still useful and effective, and it makes your party members feel supportive.
Suther’s is a boar…I mean bore.