October 16, 2009 06:37 PM UTC

Vote Romanoff for Senate - He's a Nice Guy and All

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• by: Colorado Pols

Former House Speaker Andrew Romanoff’s campaign for U.S. Senate is only about a month old, but much of the buzz surrounding his bid to take out incumbent Sen. Michael Bennet has not been positive.

As we’ve said before in this space, it’s amazing that Romanoff could have been thinking about running for Senate for so many months, yet still be this unprepared for what it’s going to take for him to win. An email sent yesterday by Sue Casey — who is being called a “Senior Advisor” to Romanoff’s campaign — makes our point perfectly:

Learn for yourself what we know:

Andrew knows how to lead.

He has a record of solving problems and crafting solutions to tough problems.

Andrew’s career has been all about bringing people together to make a difference in the lives of hard working people here in Colorado.

Andrew is someone all Coloradans can count on to make their concerns his cause.

What a bunch of complete nonsense. Romanoff has absolutely NO message at this point for why you should vote for him for Senate other than “Vote Romanoff: He’s a Nice Guy and All.” Andrew knows how to lead — that’s something you’d expect to see on a website for someone running for the state legislature.

If Romanoff is going to gain any real traction in this race outside of a core group of supporters, he needs to come up with an actual reason for why he’s running aside from the unspoken “because I’m still pissed off at Bill Ritter” rationale. That he doesn’t have a coherent message is not only inexcusable, it’s potentially fatal.