State Treasurer Walker Stapleton testifies about pensions plans before a U.S. House subcommittee.
The race for Colorado treasurer has gotten fun. Where do we begin, with an ad by the incumbent, Republican Walker Stapleton, or a spoof on an ad by his Democratic opponent, Betsy Markey?
Let’s start with Stapleton, who called Markey a “professional politician” she served in Congress all of two years. (Hopefully he does a better job counting the public’s money). He pointed out Markey voted with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi 94 percent of the time and “recklessly wasted your money.” By the way, the Republican who defeated Markey in 2010, Cory Gardner, votes with Speaker John Boehner 93 percent of the time. Gardner now is running for the U.S. Senate.
Stapleton, a politician with a great sense of humor, seems very serious in the shot although I do love that thing he does with his hands.
Democrat Betsy Markey.
Markey earlier this week where she accused Stapleton of being AWOL based on how many times his building access card and/or code to get in the Capitol was used. Stapleton and his fans have dismissed the criticism, pointing out he doesn’t need the card if he uses a public entrance. But Markey supporters scoff, asking why he would use the public entrances when one of the card-or-code only entrances is just outside his office.
The Markey ad inspired featuring the fun-loving former House speaker, Republican Frank McNulty of Highlands Ranch, and GOP operative Kelly Maher. In the video she pretends to be Stapleton who just happens to run into McNulty on the west steps of the Capitol. He uses his card to get in and they proceed — although the video is careful to note he didn’t actually let her cross the line. The State Patrol really frowns on letting people without building access get in secure doors via someone’s card or code ().
“Betsy Markey’s entire attack disproved in under a minute,” the video reads.
“If this is the winning explanation for Stapleton not showing up for work, GOP is losing,” @BenMarter tweeted.
