March 06, 2009 03:14 AM UTC

Ken Buck for...Wait, What?

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• by: Colorado Pols

UPDATE: Politics West confirming, it wasn’t a misprint:

Buck isn’t ready to make any announcements – he’s still talking to his fellow GOP types – but he’s considering challenging the newly appointed Democrat Sen. Michael Bennet for U.S. Senate come 2010.

“It’s fair to say I’m considering a run for one of them, but I’m looking more closely at the Senate race,” Buck said. He plans to announce in April.

Sure, a former D.A. is now Governor, but Bill Ritter was the Denver District Attorney, which gets considerably more press and name recognition than any other district attorney. If Buck is seriously considering running for the U.S. Senate, then the GOP is in trouble. Buck would be one of the few candidates they could run who would have less name ID than Michael Bennet.

Original post follows…

Interesting scoop from something called The Holyoke Enterprise. We’re guessing they don’t even know what they just reported:

Starting early to strategize election wins in 2010, Phillips County Republicans gathered a large turnout at the annual Lincoln Day Soup, Salad and Pie Social Sunday, March 1…

…Also speaking to the Republican delegation were Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck, who will announce he’s running for U.S. Senate in April [Pols emphasis]; and Cleve Tidwell, an exploratory gubernatorial candidate who plans to announce his intent to run for governor very soon.

We don’t have any idea who the hell Cleve Tidwell is, let alone why he would run for Governor. But Weld County D.A. Ken Buck was widely expected to run for congress against Rep. Betsy Markey in CD-4. Perhaps that’s what the Holyoke Whatever meant to say, but if not, it looks like Buck just got announced for U.S. Senate.

Buck could be an interesting candidate in CD-4, but running for Senate seems to be just a little bit of a reach. And announcing a Senate run in front of 90 people – well, that’s silly. Unless he’s following the Bob Schaffer plan of announcing, over and over and over, running for Senate.