July 27, 2010 09:25 PM UTC

Republicans Abandon Colo. Governor's Race

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• by: Colorado Pols

More and more media outlets are reporting what you Colorado Pols first reported two weeks ago: That national Republicans have pulled the plug on trying to win the Colorado Governor’s race. As MSNBC’s First Read writes today:

We have three takeaways after listening to the Tancredo-Wadhams debate: 1) It was clear that the GOP has given up on its two gubernatorial candidates in this key state; [Pols emphasis] 2) you had the state party leader and a former congressman saying things — publicly — that typically get said in smoke-filled back rooms; and 3) Republicans are getting close to blowing it in a battleground state in which they should make gains come November.

The Republican Governor’s Association quickly denied the news that it was pulling out of Colorado when we first reported the story on July 15 (later confirmed by Fox 31, and as we said then, it was an expected denial; of course the RGA wasn’t going to come right out and say, “Yup, that’s correct. Colorado is a goner.”