A Denver Post article yesterday heralded the decision by Americans for Prosperity (AFP) to spend an undisclosed amount of money attacking Morgan Carroll, the Democrat challenging Rep. Mike Coffman (R-Aurora), as a “big boost” for Coffman.
But not necessarily.
As ColoradoPols has pointed out, AFP’s right-wing agenda doesn’t square with the moderate image Coffman promotes of himself. Coffman is trying to run away from his right-wing record, but AFP is widely known as right-wing, and it’s funded by the poster children of the right, the Koch brothers.
The Post quoted Carroll’s campaign manager making this point.
“It’s no surprise that the far right Koch Brothers are desperate to prop up Mike Coffman’s struggling reelection campaign,” said Jennifer Donovan, Carroll’s campaign manager, in a statement. “After all, they share the goal of shilling for the wealthiest and most well connected while turning their backs on the middle-class.”
So AFP’s involvement in the race could backfire and actually help Carroll bring down Coffman, exposing Coffman as the right winger that he is.
It turns out that Coffman scored 100 percent last month on AFP’s scorecard, with a lifetime score of 96 percent.
On its scorecard, AFP trumpets votes of Coffman that are discordant not only with Coffman’s swing district but his carefully cultivated image as a moderate.
So we’ll see how things work out for Coffman and AFP.
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The discrepancy of Coffman's record and the support of AFP on one side and the advertising blitz and campaign of "not like one of THOSE Repubicans" on the other is going to be an interesting one.
Looking forward to on-going coverage of the effort and how it will fit with the Trump and Glenn efforts.