Stephen Paulson of the Associated Press reports:
Embattled GOP gubernatorial candidate Marc Holtzman said today a judge will have to decide whether he gets into the August primary, but he stopped short of saying he would file a lawsuit or seek a court order.
Apparently the Holtzman campaign doesn’t have much of a case to make an appeal with the Secretary of State. As the campaign’s top deck starts to disappear below the water line, inquiring minds want to know: are there enough lifeboats on the RV?
For the few conservatives who are still in distress concerning whom to support for governor, I bid you come to shore and to join your fellow conservatives supporting the state’s best political hope this November: Bob Beauprez.
Even if I did believe in shooting the messenger – which I don’t – I wouldn’t know who to shoot.
You might be surprised I don’t believe in forcing Holtzman out of the race either. His campaign seems to have done a fine job of forcing itself out, though they keep trying to hang on.
A question that has to be asked is why so many Colorado Democrats and liberal media types are excited about the prospects of a grueling GOP primary? The Holtzman campaign has not helped itself by retaining Mark Grueskin as lawyer or by citing Diane Carman to make their case.
I do agree with my friend Joshua (jsharf.com/view) that Holtzman at least did the right thing for Republicans by taking his appeal away from the Secretary of State’s office. But some of his recent actions have appeared to put his own candidacy and personal status above the party’s principles and best interests.
I’ve said it several times but will say it again: substantively, on the issues, there is very little difference between Beauprez & Holtzman. Either one is significantly better than Ritter. And this election is too important to squabble about little things.