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November 03, 2004
Colorado | A Missed Opportunity For Coors

From Denver’s Channel 4 (CBS):

Salazar’s victory bucked a nationwide trend that gave the GOP at least 54 seats in the Senate, a net gain of four.

Campbell said he would have pitched in to help Coors lure Democratic voters — support that Campbell said is a must. “I just wasn’t asked until the last couple of days,” he said late Tuesday, and by then he had other commitments.

“I can’t do more if I am not asked to do it,” Campbell said.

Campbell helped Republican Sen. Wayne Allard through a tough re-election fight in 2002 by appearing in a TV ad shortly before Election Day.

Campbell is well-liked in his home area of southwestern Colorado. But Salazar beat Coors in La Plata County, the most populous in that corner of the state, probably by appealing to moderate Republicans.

“You cannot win a statewide race in Colorado without crossover (votes),” Campbell said.



Posted by Dave Bowdish at November 3, 2004 09:46 PM | TrackBack
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