A screenshot of the new ColoradoCore.org in which a photo of the Colorado River in Arizona in featured. (Screenshot)
On the eve it’s set to be launched, a new, well-funded opposition website pioneered by Colorado Republicans features two wilderness images from out-of-state.
but already accessible, features a photo of the Maroon Bells and the state’s capitol building. However, two other images feature the Colorado River in Arizona and Monument Valley on the Utah-Arizona border.
The image of the Colorado River in Arizona is captioned, “Working to restore Republican values to Colorado.”
ColoradoCore.org was created to act as an organizational tool for both Colorado-based and national Republican groups involved with the 2014 state elections and beyond as both a fundraising tool and information hub. The idea is to have readily available, easily disseminated information about liberal candidates that others, as well as those running the website, can use to create ads.
The website and the Colorado Republican Independent Expenditure Committee, which is part of the Colorado Republican Committee, are slated to receive millions of dollars for the new site.
Between $3 and $5 million, in addition to $10 to $12 million that the committee will help direct from state and national groups, has been slated to fund the project, which will have full-time staff.
The site currently has opposition research on seven Democrats running for the Colorado state senate in districts GOP “internal research reveals to be competitive and winnable by a Republican.”
A spokeswoman for the new site called it Colorado Republican Committee Chairman Ryan Call’s “brain child.”
