August 04, 2010 01:57 AM UTC

Romanoff still takes no PAC money

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• by: wade norris

Update:

apparently Politico has removed the earlier statement about the PAC money –

http://www.politico.com/news/s…

There is a tizzy over a statement about to the potential of the Romanoff campaign accepting DSCC money and accusing him of backing off his no PAC claim.

but this is the statement from Andrew Romanoff

I am not taking PAC money now, and I will not take any PAC money in the general election.

The DSCC is now supporting my opponent, supplementing the $1.3 million he has taken from PACs with independent expenditures of its own.

After I win the primary, I will ask the DSCC to honor my pledge by excluding PAC dollars from any contributions or expenditures it makes on my behalf.

And this is possible, despite what Colorado Pols says  – from the original story itself in the Politico (which Colorado Pols could have easily included if it wasn’t so slanted)

While the DSCC has agreed to forgo contributions from lobbyists or political action committees to fund events at which President Barck Obama is the headliner, it accepts those funds in all other instances.

http://www.politico.com/news/s…

So not only is it possible to fund a candidate from the DSCC without PAC money, just as has been done with Barack Obama.

An email from the campaign:

We must be doing something right.

Now we’re under attack not only from my Democratic opponent, but also from the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC).  The attacks may not have been coordinated, but they use the same script.  “Andrew Romanoff is a dishonest, career politician,” says the Bennet campaign.  “Andrew Romanoff is a hypocrite, plain and simple,” says the NRSC.

The source of this slander?  The opposition said I couldn’t win if I didn’t accept contributions from political action committees (PACs) and then accused me of planning to do so in the general election.

Both statements are false.  I don’t take any PAC money now, I have not done so at any point in this campaign, and I will not do so in the general election.  I don’t know how to make my stand any clearer.

To set this matter to rest, I took one further step today. I vowed to ask the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) to exclude any PAC dollars from contributions or expenditures it makes on my behalf.   (The DSCC is supporting my opponent, supplementing the $1.3 million he has taken from PACs with independent expenditures of its own.)

I wish my opponent had been willing to discuss these issues in the open, instead of ducking nine debates and hiding behind surrogates.  I’m slated for another debate — without him — tomorrow.

Coloradans deserve better.  They deserve a senator who will answer their questions, as often and as frankly as possible.  Let me fulfill that pledge right now.  If you would like to talk with me at any time (though preferably before midnight!), please call me at 303-***-****.  That’s my home phone number.  It seems only fair; after all, you get enough calls from candidates like me!

Update:

looking back over the frontpaged items by Colorado Pols there are 6 anti – Romaonff diaries just since Sunday.

There’s your proof that this site has an agenda in attacking Romanoff.