May 24, 2007 11:24 PM UTC

If At First You Don't Succeed...

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• by: Colorado Pols

…don’t worry, because you’ll get hired again.

According to Roll Call:

Former Rep. Bob Schaffer (R) has been in Washington, D.C., this week holding a series of fundraisers, including one at the National Republican Senatorial Committee, as he seeks to get his nascent campaign for Senate off the ground and catch up financially to Rep. Mark Udall, the likely Democratic nominee.

Schaffer, who hopes to succeed retiring Sen. Wayne Allard (R), hedged for months on his interest in the race before finally jumping in earlier this month. He has hired Pat Fiske to manage his campaign, although Fiske in an interview declined to disclose who else has been brought on to advise the former 4th district Congressman.

Fiske managed Schaffer’s Senate primary campaign in 2004, which ended in a loss to beer magnate Pete Coors (R).

Colorado Pols first reported a few weeks ago that Shari Williams had been hired as the General Consultant for the Schaffer campaign. Her last statewide race was overseeing Bob Beauprez’s campaign for governor last year, which was quite possibly the worst campaign in the history of Colorado.

Let’s recap, shall we? Schaffer’s Senate campaign will be strategically led by a woman (Williams) who oversaw the worst campaign disaster in Colorado lore. The day-to-day operations will be handled by a man (Fiske) who was at the helm of Schaffer’s 2004 Senate run when Coors beat the snot out of him in a primary.

What, was Michael “Heck of a Job” Brown too busy to lend a hand?

Kevin McCasky