GOP urges aspirant to quit (fears "character assassination" of Beauprez)

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

My two cents; the only thing worse than Bill Owens as our governor would be Beauprez. Good on Holtzman.

But Holtzman won't back down. The state party chief's plea in the governor's race is called unprecedented in recent Colorado politics.
By Karen E. Crummy
Denver Post Staff Writer



Republican gubernatorial candidate Marc Holtzman came out swinging Monday at the state GOP after the party chairman called upon him to drop out of the race and throw his support behind opponent Bob Beauprez.

In a move most political watchers said is unprecedented in recent Colorado politics, party chairman Bob Martinez asked Holtzman on Monday to "live with the results" of Saturday's state assembly vote and step aside. Otherwise, he said, the race could "turn into character assassinations" that might hurt the party in the general election against Democrat Bill Ritter.

Holtzman, who failed to win the 30 percent necessary to make the Republican primary ballot, called Martinez "very partisan" and accused the GOP of trying to intentionally keep him off the ballot.

"I will not allow a small group of 3,000 insiders and benefits of patronage of the system to stand in the way," he said of the GOP delegates.

:rofl: :popcorn: MKJ
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_3854111

[Jim__]

1. Jay Marvin on AAR this morning was urging all his listeners to call

Holtzman's office and urge him to stay in the race. Go get 'em Holtzman!

[Renew Deal]

2. Let it fly

Weeeeee :D

[Ian David]

3. Should we donate money to Holtzman so he'll stay in the race?

Twenty bucks for Holtzman... twenty for Katherine Harris... why not?