November 16, 2009 08:11 PM UTC

More Weirdness from Romanoff Campaign

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• by: Colorado Pols

A few strange items from today’s Denver Post regarding fundraising numbers from the Senate races. In the period from Sept. 10-30, Sen. Michael Bennet outraised challenger Andrew Romanoff $364,000 to $181,000. But Romanoff’s spokesperson had an explanation. Sort of.

During those three weeks, Bennet raised twice as much as Romanoff, $364,000 to $181,000, among itemized individual donors giving $200 or more…

…Joelle Martinez, spokeswoman for Romanoff, said her candidate’s fundraising did not begin in earnest until the last 10 days of the month.

“I think we felt really good about what we were able to bring in during that 10-day period,” Martinez said.

We don’t believe for a second that Romanoff didn’t bother to really start raising money until the last 10 days of the month, because he certainly understands the importance of showing solid fundraising numbers. But as we’ve mentioned before in this space, we’re baffled that Romanoff has gotten off to such a plodding start in his campaign, particularly given this revelation:

His filing also showed he paid $27,500 out of his own pocket for a poll in March, six months before he announced his candidacy.

“It’s a big decision whether or not to run,” Martinez said. “That was one of the things he turned to as far as making a decision.”

So Romanoff had solid numbers on a potential matchup with Bennet in March, yet waited until September to bother lining up donors? Combine this lack of planning with the total absence of any message from Romanoff, and it’s getting harder to see where this campaign is really going.