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September 16, 2005 08:00 AM UTC

Romanoff, Fitz-Gerald Not Front and Center on C&D

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  • by: Colorado Pols

The YES on Referenda C&D campaign seems to be pulling ahead, and if it does go on to win in November, two of its biggest boosters may not get the public bump from it that they might have deserved.

You’ve heard about the C&D commercial starring Governor Bill Owens — the way we hear it, Speaker of the House Andrew Romanoff and Senate President Joan Fitz-Gerald were originally supposed to be a part of that TV ad blitz. The idea was to do an ad with leaders from both sides of the aisle saying something like, “We don’t agree on much, but we agree on this.”

That may still run eventually, but the initial ad that stars Governor Owens was done that way in large part because heavy Republican donors to the C&D campaign spoke up and said they didn’t want to be spending their money to help build up Romanoff and Fitz-Gerald’s name ID. They may need to down the line, because the C&D campaign’s stronger message is to use Dems and Republicans together in the TV ads, but you can’t keep partisan bickering out of everything apparently.

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  3. I don’t suppose you have any source or documentation to suggest that C&D are pulling ahead, do you?  Why not site a poll or something to add credibility to the statement that C and D are pulling ahead?

    I suspect that Fitzgerald and Romanoff are not front and center because they know it is going to fail.

  7. I think Beth is a bit closer there Dan. Romi and Fitzi keep talking about working for C&D before they decide about GOV, but it looks to me like Owens and Gordon are getting the spotlight.

    I’m sure they still have GOV ambitions, but are ducking low in case C&D tank and just waiting for Ritter to trip.

    Or they could both to nothing and lose… nothing. I’d go get a Ritter sign for the yard if I were you Dan.

  14. Donald,
    The Owens ads are effective to certain segment of the population. Most statewide campaigns put several ads out that are designed to appeal to different voters. Where one ad may not mean much to someone, another will.

    I expect the C&D folks will likely do other ads similar to the “education” ad but focusing on other parts of the state’s budget that are currently in serious jeopardy.

  15. The point is this:
    Romanoff and Fitz-Gerald are acting like fools.
    They campaign tirelessly for C & D. And no one notices. Truly effective TV ads showing support across the spectrum will not run because they will benefit House and Senate Dems and Joan and Andrew personally.
    We need leaders who while fighting for C & D have the good common political sense to not ignore the larger battle coming a year from Hovember. Instead they get treated like a bunch of schmucks by the Republican operatives controlling the C & D Campaign.

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