February 17, 2010 05:55 PM UTC

COPols makes Politico--Caddell Takedown w/poll

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• by: ClubTwitty

(Head meet pike – promoted by Colorado Pols)

Today’s Politico has an article up on Pat Caddell’s brief tenure at the Romanoff campaign:

In a November appearance with conservative policy advocate David Horowitz, Caddell called the SEIU “thugs” and said environmentalists were out to “deconstruct capitalism.”

Hours after a video of the comments was posted on the political website, ColoradoPols.com, the Romanoff campaign announced it had removed Caddell from its campaign team.

“Today a video was posted on ColoradoPols, in which Pat expressed views that were completely at odds with Andrew’s campaign, his career and his commitment to the environment and to Colorado’s working families. Andrew heard those comments for the first time this afternoon and ended Pat’s role in the campaign,” said Romanoff spokesman Dean Toda in a statement. [Emphasis Twitty].

As I noted in a comment yesterday:

One would presume that before making a hire

any campaign is Googling the potential consultant.  

In understanding the campaign’s behavior, the choices are: knowing (and hiring Caddell anyway) or being incompetent beyond credulity.

I find it hard to believe that the Romanoff campaign hired (or retained) a consultant without exploring that person’s history, previous clients, positions, and past.  I want a leader that will own up to mistakes, and not play the voters for fools.