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At least, Karl is happy to assist the Saunders campaign whenever possible.

From a media advisory we received from Steve Saunders’ campaign for City Council’s District 5:

DENVER NUGGETS COACH GEORGE KARL PARTICIPATES IN FAMILY CAMPAIGN RALLY FOR STEVE SAUNDERS’ DISTRICT 5 CITY COUNCIL CAMPAIGN

WHEN & WHERE :

Sunday April 10th, 1:00pm-3:00pm

Crescent Park, at 8th/Roslyn in Lowry

WHAT: Campaign Rally and Volunteer Canvass with George Karl in support of Steve Saunders For City Council District 5. Wear your Nuggets gear and bring cans of food to donate to local families in need.

The basketball puns just write themselves, don’t they? Really, though, the fact that Karl is such a dedicated backer of Saunders’ can do nothing but help the campaign. While most voters don’t even realize they’re going to have to vote in a City Council race, let alone know all of the candidates running, we’re willing to bet most District 5 voters are aware of George Karl. They’re definitely going to remember the candidate the Nuggets’ basketball coach at their front door is talking about.

While the race is still anybody’s guess, the fact that Saunders is recognizable having anchored 7News as long as he did is going to help his campaign immensely. He’s a local celebrity. Above that, he’s made connections to local celebrities like George Karl.

In a City Council race, it’s unlikely that you’re going to be able to raise enough money for TV to be a viable or smart option. In fact, aside from direct mail, one of the best ways to win a race like this one is to make your presence in the community known. Walking and having picnics are consistently smart ways to raise your name ID and win a race. Doing both of those things with the coach of one of the area’s most popular sports teams is even better. And it certainly doesn’t hurt that many will recognize Steve as that guy from TV even if he doesn’t run any spots.

We’ll be posting our analysis of the latest fundraising numbers shortly. Until then, though, Steve Saunders gives us one of the best examples of unique campaigning from an underdog candidate.  

No, no, there’s not a scandal or anything. Get your head out of the gutter. From an e-mail we received from the Romer campaign:

Denver mayoral candidate Chris Romer today unveiled a long, diverse list of women supporters that includes women who are leaders in business, public service, education and community activism.

“I’m proud to have thousands of women supporting my vision for keeping Denver moving in the right direction,” said Romer. “I expect even more for Denver’s future and that includes a world-class school system to match the best jobs of the future.”

Obviously, because Romer has supporters, chances are he has supporters who are also women. That fact in itself probably wouldn’t warrant blasting out a list of female movers and shakers.

What’s interesting, though, is that Romer did indeed advertise that list of those endorsers blessed with two X chromosomes. Following Carol Boigon’s Gail Schoettler endorsement, it seems like Romer’s shoring up his female support base. Again, it’s a pretty standard thing to do, but maybe Chris is just a little worried that the “first woman Mayor” card may work for Boigon after all.

Some of the names on the list, like Jennifer Coken and Nancy Spence, are just the kinds of endorsements you want to promote. It does seem like a little bit of a stretch, however, for Romer to include his former Senate Aide Marcy Dill.  I mean come on, we’d be much more concerned if a former staffer didn’t endorse her old boss.

Seriously, if you have to include former female aides on your list of high-profile female endorsers, your list of high-profile female endorsers may not be as “long and diverse” as you think.  

Since we are in that campaign no-man’s land between ballot certification and ballots being mailed out, I thought I might share my thoughts on how the races are shaping up. These are only my opinions (and they ARE like belly buttons, everyone has one). So take it for what’s worth.

This posting will be about the mayor’s race. I will also do one for County Clerk and one for City Council-at-Large. The Auditor’s race is essentially over as far as I’m concerned. Gallagher should have no trouble avoiding a run-off. I am not involved enough with the district level council races to offer any well thought out insights, so I’m not going to blindly guess either.