October 27, 2005 08:00 AM UTC

Tough Spot for Republicans?

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• by: Colorado Pols

SoapBlox Colorado has a post about the Colorado Republicans meeting together to get over their differences after the Referenda C&D vote in which they point to a Denver Post article that says Governor Bill Owens and Rep. Bob Beauprez may not be able to attend.

This brings up an interesting point: by announcing this get-together, are Republicans putting people in a tough spot if they have true scheduling conflicts? If Beauprez, for example, can’t come back to Colorado because he is stuck in Washington D.C., he’s going to look like he doesn’t care…even if that has nothing to do with why he can’t come. There’s going to be a lot of pressure on Republican politicians to show up at the meeting, and the media is sure to point out which big-name elephants didn’t make it to the pow-wow. What began like a well-intentioned idea might end up being trouble for some Republicans.