Warning: Imported from old college This post was moved from an older website hosted on a college server. These have been unedited and contain many mistakes. But, whatever. I am now working on the Salazar for Colorado campaign. Yes, officially, this website now becomes a political blog…ish. For those that are just tuning in, I suggest those individuals to look at the Archives and take note that I am using the CMC’s Political Education Fellowship to learn everything that I can about the political campaign world. Thus, I am working on Policy, Field, Media, and Finance portions of the campaign. Right now, they like my research and grunt work skills so much that the Research/Policy/Media senior staff are literally monopolizing me. It’s nice though; I have my own desk space and my own computer and am able to log onto Drudge at lightning fast Ethernet speeds. Professor Pitney was right that my research skills will definitely get me high in the campaign. Out of forty interns, I am now the researcher because I have access to the Claremont Colleges library database system.
As of now, I have helped conduct Oppo, policy, and even done the usual stuffing of enveloped (only happened for two hours in the beginning). Memorial is our parade, and my field work will begin, but they want me here. So, I will be in the back office working diligently.
The race will consist of the following four candidates: Ken Salazar (D)- Attorney General of Colorado, Peter Coors (R)- CEO of Coors Brewing Company, Bob Schaffer (R)- Former District 4 US House Rep., and Mike Miles (D)- Former educator from CO Springs. For each of the candidates, their positions are wide-ranging, although not on paper. Rumours of Coors hedging on numerous issues have already been published on CO Polstate.
For all Republicans in Colorado, beware of this campaign. Although Mike Miles received the top line (meaning the largest number of delegates at the state party convention), the Salazar campaign is still slated to win the primary.
My personal thoughts on the issue are that the nomination of Peter Coors would be the best thing for Republicans. Although he wasn’t on the offensive last night, Coors is the clearest of the candidates. If he can put the necessary media package together, he could defeat Schaffer. They will not be able to pull the large number of independent votes, if they do not back away from the crazy policies of Bob Schaffer. He is almost as bad as Marilyn Musgrave.
On CO Polstate, ohwillek reported accurately that appx. 400 Salazar delegates did not arrive to the State Convention because they thought that Salazar’s top line was in the bag. Unfortunately, this turned out untrue and Ken did not receive the top line.