August 05, 2009 08:46 PM UTC

Good and Bad Attacks from McInnis

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• by: Colorado Pols

As The Denver Post reports, GOP Gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis is working on his attacks. Some are better than others:

At a fundraiser in Greenwood Village on Tuesday night, McInnis ripped the governor, saying Ritter was more interested in his re-election campaign than handling delays at the Department of Labor and Employment, which has been besieged with unemployment claims.

“Get these unemployment checks out of the door. It means something to somebody,” McInnis said.

“You know at the department of labor, these people all get their paychecks on the 30th of the month,” McInnis said. “They don’t have to worry if they’re getting their paycheck or not.”

Why McInnis would attack state employees is beyond us, especially since they are all being forced to take furlough days to help with the budget crisis. There are more than 30,000 state employees, and we’d assume most of them vote.

But the messaging wasn’t all bad for McInnis.

McInnis also took a swipe at his most formidable GOP opponent, state Senate Minority Leader Josh Penry, of Grand Junction, although he never mentioned Penry by name.

“Somebody told me the other day, ‘I kind of like a fresh face,’ ” McInnis said.

“I said, ‘Good, keep that in mind the next time you’re in an accident and they rush you to the emergency room. Say to them, ‘You know, I want the new doctor, the one that just graduated from medical school.’

We’ve said before that we think Josh Penry’s age is an issue that will become more and more of a problem for him as the campaign progresses, and McInnis’ comparison to a new doctor is a great line. Voters across the country have been willing to elect younger candidates to Congress and U.S. Senate, but will they really pull the lever for a young candidate to lead the entire state?