April 27, 2009 03:40 PM UTC

"What have I created?" McInnis scared of Josh?

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• by: ClubTwitty

(What’s up with this – McInnis concern troll redux? Lt. Gov (for you, little man) overture? Will they “rule the galaxy together as father and son?” – promoted by Colorado Pols)

Sentinel reporting:

McInnis says he and Penry could both be governor someday

…If he and Josh Penry can work together, the Western Slope could control the Colorado governorship for 16 years, Scott McInnis said.

…The main person standing in McInnis’ way is Penry, who was a staffer for McInnis in Washington, D.C., and now is the GOP leader in the Colorado Senate.

I am unsure how 10% of the state’s population can account for a center of power; nonetheless, the article continues…

…One thing clear from the poll is that a locus of political power is forming on the Western Slope, McInnis said.

If he and Penry were to set aside “our personal interests, we could make a very powerful team for the West Slope,” he said.

“I don’t know how that configures,” McInnis said of exactly how the two might team up.

In any case, McInnis is going full steam for the nomination, politicking at every opportunity, he said.

…A McInnis-Penry face-off on the surface might look like the kind of shoe-leather campaign that earned McInnis a reputation as an indefatigable campaigner. But his bid will be more than shoe-leather and handshakes, he said.

“We won’t be outdone by anyone,” he said, vowing to use all the cyberspace weapons at his command, from Web pages to Twitter.

“I’ve got to master that so I can do it with one hand while I hand out a brochure with the other,” McInnis said.

I don’t think that fear of Scooter will keep Penry out of the race–but I think a strong truly statewide candidate might.  

But lacking that, the vacuum created by little GOP bench suggests a primary brawl may be in the works.  Let us hope so, and please–all you GOPers lurking out there–weigh in with who you think should/will win and why the other guy is a disaster for the state/party.