January 23, 2009 03:36 AM UTC

New Big Line

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• by: Colorado Pols

We’ve updated The Big Line, with two significant additions:

– Republican Marc Holtzman will almost certainly run for Governor, so he’s moved up the list. No word on an expected announcement, but at this point it would be a surprise if he did not run in 2010.

– Longtime GOP attorney Scott Gessler has filed to run for Secretary of State. He has the connections from his time as the state party attorney and other business to raise good money, but the more well-known Bernie Buescher will be tough to beat.

A couple of other thoughts…

We haven’t included Sen. Josh Penry on the Line because there’s no indication yet that he is seriously looking at running for anything other than his own re-election in 2010. Penry is always called a “rising star” but has never really come close to taking the big jump, and we hear that many Republicans don’t expect him to risk it all in 2010, either. Our bet is that he just does the safe and easy thing and runs for re-election.

Bob Beauprez’s name continues to pop up everywhere (and we mean everywhere – more on that on Friday). But we don’t take him seriously, neither do most Republicans, and neither should you.

Tom Tancredo could be the real wild-card in 2010, depending on whether he runs for Governor, for Senate or neither. Tancredo may or may not be a strong general election candidate, but he has great name ID and would certainly be tough to beat in a primary.