November 17, 2009 12:45 AM UTC

DeMint, Club for Growth To Target Norton?

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• by: Colorado Pols

Interesting post over at Rocky Mountain Right, one of the more credible local conservative blogs:

Immediately after the special elections earlier this month, a nationwide conference call of conservative activists across the country was held. The call was put on by RedState.com founder Erick Erickson and Sen. Jim DeMint’s Senate Conservatives Fund. Thounsands of activists participated and the main agenda was getting feedback on which U.S. Senate primaries the group and allied groups should be looking at. The Colorado race was near the top of the list.

It appears that something might actually be coming out of that conference call. Today, the Ken Buck for U.S. Senate campaign is reporting that the Senate Conservatives Fund is looking for feedback from Colorado residents and is encouraging Coloradoans to send messages of support to the group. This would seem to indicate that the Senate Conservatives Fund is edging close to direct intervention in the Colorado senate primary or is at least close to deciding whether to endorse Buck or Tom Wiens.

If the Senate Conservatives Fund becomes involved on behalf of Tom Wiens or Ken Buck, you can bet that other organizations such as the Club for Growth will follow suit. These are the same groups tha are boosting Marco Rubio’s campaign in Florida and could wipe out Jane Norton’s fundraising advantage if they choose. [Pols emphasis]

Club for Growth and friends wouldn’t jump in on the side of fast-fading Ken Buck, but Tom Wiens on the other hand? A very interesting plausibility, and parallels to other races they’re involved in–the insider vs. the “true conservative”–abound.

Stay tuned, this could prove very important.