July 22, 2010 06:30 PM UTC

Republican Gubernatorial Efforts Have No More Funding

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• by: Colorado Pols

We first reported last week that the Republican Governor’s Association (RGA) had made the decision to pull out of Colorado in the wake of Scott McInnis’ plagiarism scandal. The RGA was quick to issue a statement saying that this report (which was confirmed by Fox 31’s Eli Stokols) was incorrect, but we said at the time that we stood by our sources and our story.

Well, according to a story by Lynn Bartels in the big Denver newspaper, Republican groups working on the Colorado governor’s race are broke. A leaked email from Sean Tonner, President of Republican consulting group Phase Line Strategies, says bluntly “We have no $ right now.”

If the RGA is really still going full-steam ahead in Colorado, then how is it that they aren’t even spending enough money to pay expenses for a “tracker” to follow Democrat John Hickenlooper at his public appearances? Take our word for it — the RGA has left Colorado behind.