January 04, 2007 03:07 AM UTC

Coffman to Hold Private Inauguration

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• by: Colorado Pols

Colorado’s newest round of statewide elected officials are set to be sworn-in on Tuesday, January 9, but Secretary of State-elect Mike Coffman may be planning his own private party.

Everyone from Democrat Bill Ritter (governor) to Republican John Suthers (attorney general) are normally sworn-in at the same time in a ceremony overseen by Colorado Supreme Court Chief Justice Mary Mullarkey. But Coffman apparently doesn’t want to share the stage, and he has asked Colorado Supreme Court Justice Allison Eid to swear him in during a separate ceremony (Eid’s husband, Troy, is the U.S. Attorney for Colorado) that may even be held the same time as the bigger shindig. 

If he does indeed hold his own inauguration, Coffman is making a big mistake even before he begins his term as secretary of state. Trying to upstage everyone else, including the new governor, with his own ceremony will make Coffman look like an ass – no matter what spin he tries to place on it.