August 17, 2007 09:21 PM UTC

"The Fix" On Colorado

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• by: Colorado Pols

From The Washington Post blog “The Fix”:

1. Colorado: The challenge before former Rep. Bob Schaffer (R) became clear late last month when a liberal activist group — known as ProgressNowAction — accused him of selling his vote on the state’s Board of Education for a campaign contribution. Whether the accusation sticks is beside the point. Colorado has an incredibly well organized and well funded group of progressive groups that will be blasting away at Schaffer every day of the campaign. That means Rep. Mark Udall (D) can keep his hands clean, focusing on courting the political independents who will likely decide the race. (Previous ranking: 1)

Perhaps the really important issue here is that this Schaffer donor story is being noticed nationally, despite poor attempts by the GOP to dismiss it outright.