September 12, 2022 02:05 PM UTC

Ganahl Reaches "If, Then" Stage of Denial

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• by: Colorado Pols

As Andrew Kenney of Colorado Public Radio notes today, Republican gubernatorial candidate Hiedi Heidi Ganahl totally has all the momentum in her race against incumbent Democratic Gov. Jared Polis…

…If your definition of “momentum” is promoting your own nonsense internal polling as a proof point:

A Ganahl fundraising email from last week says a “huge new poll” shows “a statistical tie” with Polis.

That comes from an internal poll that actually found Ganahl is down by 7%. But when voters were “educated” by pollsters, they say it narrowed to 2%.

— Andrew Kenney (@AndyKnny) September 12, 2022

This is where we’re at with Ganahl’s campaign with about a month to go until ballots drop: IF a bunch of different things were to happen soon, THEN Ganahl could have Polis right where she wants him!

To some extent, this is even true. IF Ganahl wasn’t an historically-awful candidate, AND Polis wasn’t a popular incumbent in a blue state, THEN she might have a chance.

But she is…and he is…and she doesn’t.