This year's Senate appointments have caused quite a stir. The Blago - Burris scandal has highlighted the problems with appointments. Even Russ Feingold proposed a Constitutional Amendment to change our appointments to elections, which George Will attacked quite pathetically.
Here in Colorado, another Senate appointment by Governor Ritter has left many dems wondering why their Governor ignored them in his Senate Appointment.
And after hearing multiple complaints among party members, I started one of several facebook groups supporting former House Speaker, Andrew Romanoff for a Senate Primary run. Now, despite the flame wars that have been flying in the Colorado blogosphere, the calvary has shown up with their own website urging supporters to Draft Andrew Romanoff for a Senate Primary for 2010.
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From the website:
Until recently, our political leaders have found support amongst the few and powerful while grass roots involvement has diminished. In many ways, this is the reason we need to draft Andrew Romanoff to run for the United States Senate. Grass roots support and organization will strengthen the Romanoff campaign and continue to help change the politics of the nation. We must continue to build a broad-based and inclusive campaign of small donations and the actions of many. We must find an alternative to the campaigns of the last thirty years which have been largely paid for by big donations coming from special and powerful interests.
When the appointment of Michael Bennet was made, many people were very upset, not just because they wanted Romanoff to be the picked, but because the Governor skipped all of the other top elected officials in the state to pick someone who had never run for office in Colorado. It seemed like inside baseball to many, the kind where the Governor picked someone for his ability to raise money, rather than for his years of service and ties to democratic party members.
We dems of Colorado, were quite shocked and angered, but now, people are starting to show their support for Andrew Romanoff. We even have a table for Andrew at the State Party Jefferson Jackson Dinner.
I want Andrew to know (though we don't communicate) that several prominent party members and elected officials have privately told me they will publicly support Andrew for a primary, if he would only declare his candidacy.
So there you have it, it appears that there will be at least one interesting race for the US Senate, starting here in Colorado.
Visit the website here.
(Thanks to Charles, Arthur, and the rest of the runandrew team for helping me put this post together)