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April 01, 2011 12:00 AM UTC

The Race for Second Place is On

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  • by: Colorado Pols

We got an e-mail from James Mejia this afternoon, and if anything, it lets us know just what every Mayoral candidate is angling for:

James Mejia, candidate for Denver Mayor, released the following statement after Michael Hancock made statements at a debate last night that Hancock knows to be false.

“At last night’s candidate forum, Michael Hancock accused me of “quitting on schools and children,” claiming incorrectly that I left my position on the Denver School Board only one and a half years into my four-year term. Michael knows those facts to be wrong and his attack on my commitment to Denver’s children is misguided,” Mejia said.

Folks, while Mejia can talk at length to his dedication to a clean campaign, what everything really boils down to is the fact that every candidate knows Romer is the candidate to beat. Don’t get us wrong: we’re not saying Romer will necessarily make it through to the run-off. What we are saying, however, is that all the other candidates seem to think that. First it was Carol Boigon’s negative ad aimed at Hancock and Doug Linkhart, and now Mejia’s jab at Hancock.

Mejia has no reason to attack Hancock, and Hancock has no reason to smear Mejia if they weren’t so sure that Romer was going to survive this round of voting. In a race with 6 mainstream candidates, Mejia has no reason to pick a fight with Hancock and vice-versa if they weren’t nervous about making it through to the runoff. In fact, candidates like Boigon, Mejia, Hancock, and to some extent Linkhart haven’t really attacked Romer because they know that if they make it through to the run-off, they can campaign against Romer later.

It makes sense.  Romer’s leading with money raised, cash on hand, and in the polls. We can’t say whether or not Romer is the best candidate for the job, but he’s certainly the best at everything a candidate needs to do to be Mayor. The other candidates in the race know this, and that’s why they’re spending money now to attack each other.

Look at their press releases and campaign ads. The other 5 candidates have not made a concentrated effort to campaign against Romer. In fact, we’re sure Mejia could’ve taken issue with any score of things Chris said last night. Instead, he focused on Hancock.

We’ve got just a few weeks left until the first phase of this race is all wrapped up. It remains to be seen who’ll make it to the run-off election, but we can almost guarantee, the candidates seem to think that it’s going to be Romer vs. someone else.

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5 thoughts on “The Race for Second Place is On

  1. Why is everyone in the press/blogs just assuming that Romer is going to make the run-off?

    He likes to go around talking like he’s not the front-runner or saying Boigon is the front-runner, but his actions say other wise. I heard that at the forum last night, every other candidate there was asking serious questions of the other candidates. But what was Romer’s question? He asked Doug what has been his favorite part of the campaign thus far.

    Are you kidding me? That’s a pretty smug question to ask, and could only come from a guy who’s willing to sit back and ride a name and money into the mayor’s office.

    Romer’s not working for this thing. Time to call him on it. Look at the polling. If undecideds don’t go for him, he doesn’t even make the run-off. This thing is wide open, nothing is certain.

  2. I want to agree with you, but I think in a race like this, name ID is going to have a bigger impact than in other races.  He has enough money to saturate the media market and he doesn’t need to work as hard as the other candidates.  I’m afraid that money and name ID might take the cake.

    And I think Romer’s efforts to make himself look like the underdog seem a little delusional…up in polling, way up in fundraising and you’re saying you’re not the frontrunner?  

  3. It’s interesting how a campaign reveals a candidates true character.

    I actually liked Hancock on council, but moves like this really make me question what he’s all about. First he calls for a clean campaign from Romer from fear of what people are going to find, and now he starts throwing stones in his own little glass house.

    Given this move, I’m sure we will see soon enough if all the rumors or his expense abuses at Urban League and his notorious reputation for trading council votes for campaign contributions are, in fact, true.

    My only hope is that all of Hancock’s dirty laundry comes out before the run-off election so that we get somebody to run against Romer who can actually win.

       

      1. Seriously buddy.  Don’t forget that an once of brains is worth a pound of stupid.

        My only camp is Anybody But Romer, and if Hancock can’t get it done, I don’t want to see him in the run-off.  

        And, yes, I believe the poll.  Right now it’s 22% Romer vs. 38% Anybody But Romer.

        Clearly, with the Romer war chest he is going to dig up all the dirt.  If the best op reasearch on Mejia is that he bailed on school board to go to Princeton, I’d say he or Boigon have the best shot in June.

        So let’s see what the dirt on Hancock looks like asap.    

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