December 20, 2006 11:53 PM UTC

Beauprez Compares Himself to Jake Plummer

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• by: Colorado Pols

In an interview with The Denver Post, former Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Beauprez compared himself to former Denver Broncos starting quarterback Jake Plummer:

“I heard one of the Denver sportscasters say the best reason you can come up with for going with Jay Cutler is that he hasn’t had an opportunity to offend anybody yet,” he said. “I feel like Jake Plummer.”

Um…okay. That might not be the best comparison you could have made, Bob.

Beauprez should feel like Plummer, but not for that reason – because they both were really bad at their jobs in 2006.

Beauprez also seems to think that he lost the race for governor because his base just didn’t turn out. He doesn’t seem very interested in accepting any blame for that loss, however.

“If we would have had about 80 percent of our base turn out and even a fraction of the unaffiliated, we would have won,” he said. “I guess I’ve got to accept some of that blame, but I don’t know.”

In the governor’s race, Beauprez acknowledged missteps. Asked for examples, he said only that “maybe we made a mistake in not getting out there earlier with some policy, some positions.”

The campaign chose to hold that information until after Labor Day, when voters traditionally start paying attention to elections, he said.

Beauprez took some criticism for not campaigning Labor Day weekend when Ritter stumped in five counties. Beauprez said he didn’t think Ritter outworked him.

Beauprez also reiterated to the Post that he isn’t ruling out running for the Senate in 2008. That’s okay. He doesn’t need to rule it out. Everyone else already did.