Volunteers for Andrew Romanoff are busting their behinds day in and day out and Mr. Romanoff himself is crisscrossing the state connecting with voters and making his case for their vote.
What's Bennet up to? From the latest edition of the New Yorker:
Michael Bennet, a freshman Democrat from Colorado, said, "Sit and watch us for seven days -- just watch the floor. You know what you'll see happening? Nothing. When I'm in the chair, I sit there thinking, I wonder what they're doing in China right now?"
Uh, what? You have a primary -- guess your day dreaming is happening on the campaign trail too and Andrew Romanoff is taking advantage of it -- and is surging in the polls.
Local Progressive Talk Show Host Mario Solis Marich says it best today:
(paraphrase)
"In my history of campaigns, I always said a candidate can't win without PAC money -- I have never said you could win without it. Now that's not the case. Romanoff is doing it."
Mario isn't the only one who has been stunned by Romanoff's surge of late. In fact some local Politicos wonders oddly, how Andrew Romanoff can win without PAC Money.
"He's only got one house he can sell," said former state party chairman Chris Gates, a Bennet supporter.It is ironic that Chris Gates berates Andrew Romanoff for selling his house to lend himself $300,000 dollars from the sale of his home, when Michael Bennet just went to the bank to loan himself $300,000 for his suddenly losing campaign.
Bennet has loaned himself $300,000 in the closing days of his primary contest against Andrew Romanoff. Romanoff sold his Denver home and cleared his personal savings to loan his campaign $325,000 in recent weeks.
And it is ironic that many people are surprised that candidates like Andrew Romanoff are winning with a message of not taking PAC money.
State Attorney General Candidate Stan Garnett is taking the same pledge also.
Has everyone forgotten who just won nationally on a 'No PAC money pledge?"
Barack Obama won the Presidency with no Corporate PAC money, and so can Andrew Romanoff.
As you can see in this diary about Primary Candidate Andrew Romanoff (that was up on the rec list for the last 2 days) -- Mr. Romanoff has come from behind from a double digit deficit to a lead in 4 weeks -- and all without taking any PAC money against a conservadem.
Wednesday August 4th is the Andrew Romanoff Moneybomb Day. Help Andrew get not only past the primary but able to beat a Tea Party Republican (Ken Buck) in the general: Donate to Andrew Romanoff here:
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money. 20-25% of Democratic Senatorial Compaign Committee money is PAC money. It all goes into one pot. Last night on 760 A.M. Romanoff said he WOULD NOT be accepting ANY PAC money.
However, his campaign manager, Bill Romjue, says he will. It's a shame Romanoff didn't run on his
record. Instead he based his ENTIRE campaign on the fact that he doesn't take PAC money. Now
he says he will. Doesn't that bother any of the people who were lied to? I have news for you --
Andrew is NO DIFFERENT than any other politician -- those politicians he was slamming for taking
PAC money. I know, I know, you are probably embarrassed, and prefer not to believe this, but
you've been duped.
"I am not taking PAC money now, and I will not take any PAC money in the general election.
The DSCC is now supporting my opponent, supplementing the $1.3 million he has taken from PACs with independent expenditures of its own.
After I win the primary, I will ask the DSCC to honor my pledge by excluding PAC dollars from any contributions or expenditures it makes on my behalf.
Now we're under attack not only from my Democratic opponent, but also from the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC). The attacks may not have been coordinated, but they use the same script. "Andrew Romanoff is a dishonest, career politician," says the Bennet campaign. "Andrew Romanoff is a hypocrite, plain and simple," says the NRSC.
The source of this slander? The opposition said I couldn't win if I didn't accept contributions from political action committees (PACs) and then accused me of planning to do so in the general election.
Both statements are false. I don't take any PAC money now, I have not done so at any point in this campaign, and I will not do so in the general election. I don't know how to make my stand any clearer.
I wish my opponent had been willing to discuss these issues in the open, instead of ducking nine debates and hiding behind surrogates. I'm slated for another debate -- without him -- tomorrow.
Coloradans deserve better.