Ritter vs. the Trailhead Group

Over the last few days, with varying degrees of certainty, just about everyone has stuck a fork in the Both Ways Bob Beauprez for Governor campaign. On the left, Jason Bane at 5280 wonders if Beauprez has "cratered." On the right, ToTheRight and Rocky Mountain Politics lament his awful poll numbers. At the Post Diane Carmen writes that Beauprez was counting on a wedge issue that failed him. And at the Rocky Mike Littwin notes that he has managed to stick his foot in his mouth on every single issue he's faced.

It's nice that Beauprez has turned out to be such a terrible candidate. But he's not the only foe Bill Ritter has to face this fall. We live in the age of 527's. Indications are that Beauprez's latest strategy is to dive for cover and let the Trailhead Group go to work on Ritter.

Trailhead's initial attempts to tar Ritter's image were huge flops. But there's value in repetition. (Have I said the words "Both Ways Bob" recently?) Trailhead may turn out to be a far greater threat than Both Ways Bob could ever hope to be.

Photo courtesy of Bill Ritter for Governor.