February 23, 2010 08:01 PM UTC

Gardner Campaign Source of Diggs Brown Blunder?

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• by: Colorado Pols

Yesterday Bob Moore of the Ft. Collins Coloradoan posted a diary here on Colorado Pols about his Coloradoan story debunking wild attacks on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that came from CD-4 Republican candidate Diggs Brown.

Moore’s story does not say who exactly provided the audiotape of Brown’s Pelosi-bashing, but in the comments section on the Coloradoan website, that answer seems clear:

Campaign workers for Cory Gardner set-up a camera to record opponent Diggs Brown at the Friday Feb 19 meeting of the CO Republican Business Coalition (CRBC). I specifically asked them not to record the meeting, as CRBC tries to create an atmosphere where policy makers and candidates may speak candidly, without fear that a comment may be misused. It’s an insult to me personally and a violation of trust that they probably did so anyway in a surreptitious manner.

Clearly, Mr. Brown misspoke about Speaker Pelosi’s use of military aircraft and liquor expenses. To make an entire “gotcha” story around one wrong comment does both a disservice to the Gardner campaign by looking petty and to the voters who want to know about a candidate’s policy ideas.

By policy, CRBC does not endorse candidates in a Republican primary. Tom Lucero and Cory Gardner have already spoken to our group of small business owners.

Christine Burtt

Chairman

CO Republican Business Coaliion

www.smallbizgop.com

2/22/2010 2:33:30 PM

Apparently it was the campaign of serial foot-shooter Cory Gardner who provided the tape, and also made the recording despite the admonitions of Christine Burtt of the Colorado Republican Business Coalition. That revelation begs a couple of questions, but the main one is this: How worried are they about Diggs Brown? While Gardner is the only GOP candidate raising any real money in this race, do they have internal poll number showing that Brown is a real threat?