| McNulty is widely credited as the principal strategist of the broader campaign mounted by the GOP and aligned "independent" groups to recapture the Colorado House. What this means is that McNulty was in charge of handling the press on a collective basis on behalf of the slate of candidates and the combined effort, and formulating the message for the millions of dollars in spending on advertising and direct mail.
Like this one, from "Colorado Leadership Fund" on behalf of Rep. Kathleen Conti:
Or this one, from "Citizens for Accountable Government" for Rep. Libby Szabo:
Or this one, for Rep. Robert Ramirez:
If McNulty was not the one who helped put these candidates out on a limb with FASTER, both through message strategy planning and "independent" spending on their behalf that he may well have personally approved, especially after having taken the credit for that leadership when convenient, he should probably say so.
Above are just a few examples of the independent messaging on behalf of these candidates, who also have their own in-house examples of using FASTER to attack their Democratic opponents. We've already talked about the particularly vociferous case of Kathleen Conti, who tirelessly worked opponent Joe Rice's sponsorship of FASTER into a treasonable offense on the campaign trail. Conti, like others here, hasn't yet made a comment about McNulty's abandonment of the FASTER repeal to the press. But from what we hear, the tension over this "betrayal" is about an inch below the surface, and could turn into a very public problem for McNulty at any time.
After all, they're the ones who have to reconcile it with their tiny margins of victory. |
