May 25, 2006 08:00 AM UTC

Martinez Sees Blackness, and Weirdness

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• by: Colorado Pols

GOP Chair Bob Martinez finally spoke up about his decision to publicly call on Marc Holtzman to?give?up?his gubernatorial campaign, though it didn’t make him sound any better. From The Denver Post:

Martinez acknowledged that party chairmen rarely insert themselves publicly into primary debates but said that after the state assembly Saturday, all he saw was “blackness.”

“I just looked at the future if things stayed like this and was struck by the blackness,” he said. “I saw a window where I could act – between the assembly and Marc filing his petition. He wouldn’t listen to me. I thought if I went public, he would listen to others.”

Starting today, Martinez said, he won’t make negative comments about Holtzman.

“Once he files as a Republican candidate, I shut up,” he said. “You can’t speak ill of another Republican candidate.”

Umm…you’re?a little too late there, Bob.