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May 12, 2014 02:36 PM UTC

Brophy Joins Team "Anybody But Gessler"

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  • by: Colorado Pols
Greg Brophy.
Greg Brophy.

FOX 31's Eli Stokols reports:

State Sen. Greg Brophy, a former gubernatorial hopeful who failed to make the primary ballot at last month’s state GOP assembly, threw his support behind Beauprez during a radio appearance Monday morning.

“I want Republicans to win this November and Bob is the best prepared to win and then govern Colorado back to greatness,” said Brophy, a farmer from Wray who just finished his final legislative session as a state lawmaker.

Brophy is following the lead of Steve House, another former gubernatorial hopeful who is also backing Beauprez.

Beauprez, a former congressman who was the Republican candidate for governor in 2006 when he lost by 17 points to Democrat Bill Ritter, entered this year’s contest at the very last minute in late February, saying that the other gubernatorial candidates weren’t demonstrating enough support to be competitive in the fall.

There seems to be a coordinated push at the moment to coalesce Republicans around failed 2006 gubernatorial candidate Bob Beauprez, or failing that, any candidate other than Secretary of State Scott Gessler. At the GOP state assembly last month, it's widely rumored that both Tom Tancredo and Beauprez, both candidates using the alternative petition process to make the ballot, told their supporters in attendance to back former state Sen. Mike Kopp–with the express purpose of denying Gessler an assembly win. Now that Kopp has basically taken himself out of contention with dismal fundraising, the primary is narrowing down to Gessler, Beauprez, and Tancredo. And of those three, Republican insiders are increasingly signaling that only Beauprez has anything close to a shot at winning in the fall.

For reasons we've been documenting ever since Beauprez decided to run for governor again this year, we don't agree–Beauprez is a walking gaffe machine, who stands to do a great deal of harm to Republicans down the ticket this year if nominated. A poll last month from GOP-aligned Magellan Strategies shows Beauprez losing to Democratic incumbent Gov. John Hickenlooper by fifteen points. The only way Beauprez might seem more electable than the other two Republican major candidates is when you consider just how unelectable Tancredo and Gessler honestly are–Tancredo as the world famous anti-immigrant lightning rod, and Gessler as the only candidate running for governor with a documented record of "breaching the public trust for private gain."

Even so, it's clear that the Republicans now falling in line behind Beauprez haven't read all the loony-tunes stuff we've been digging up from Beauprez's time between campaigns–claiming that Preisdent Barack Obama is "pushing" America "toward civil war," the "giant hoax" of climate change, how Sharia law is "creeping in" to Colorado, or how the Obama administration has been "infiltrated" by the Muslim Brotherhood. And let's not forget the "birther" thing.

To be honest, if Republicans are determined to ignore Beauprez's record of disqualifying talk-radio wackiness and nominate him anyway, Democrats should strongly consider letting them.

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13 thoughts on “Brophy Joins Team “Anybody But Gessler””

  1. "Anybody But Gessler," eh? Colorado Pols kicking the double talk subversion into high gear. I've never heard of that group, and unlike Pols I am actually a Republican.

    Is this the first time Pols has ever cared wheat Brophy says? I think so…

    1. So you think there's supposed to be an official Anybody but Gessler group with its own website and everything? If you run real fast you can probably catch up to that turnip truck you just fell off of.

        1. You know what I am saying. There is no "Anybody but Gessler" movement. It's a figment of Pols imaginations.

          What I do know is that Democrats are more afraid of Gessler than anyone, but can't admit it because it would motivate Republicans. Democrats, aided by Colorado Pols, are trying to suppress Gessler in the primary before he can threaten Hickenlooper.

          It's not going to work. I am more confident than ever today that Gessler will win this primary, especially because it's what Dems want.

          1. What a lot of Dems want is for the GOP to come to its senses, and attract talented, ethical, moral and sensible members and candidates.

            But, that's apparently asking too much.

            1. Why do you think we should we care? Nobody's worried about any of your clowns winning this one. This particular primary is nothing but entertainment for Dems. If Gessler is your clown of choice, fine by me. BTW, pretty funny that you think simply being a registered R gives you some kind of kind of insider status. 

          4. Democrats are only afraid of the possibilities should Gessler get elected.  They're not afraid of him as a candidate, only of what damage he could do to the 14th Amendment if elected.  Talk about a "base" election — Gessler would motivate the Democratic base like nobody you've ever seen.

    1. Is it too late for a Dem to register as an R to vote in the primary?  I'm not saying one would, but could one?  It is tempting, but, perhaps morally, not the best choice.  If I was an R, I would vote for Lamborn … and other tea partiers.  I do love a tea party, especially if there is sherry available. 

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