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The Invisible Candidate

by acmaurerco | 11:58 am, July 23, 2010 | 6 Comments

We’ve had the Joe G the Stealth Candidate and in this most unusual of election years I got a robo-call tonight from the Invisible Candidate, Walker Stapleton.

He’s apparently running for State Treasurer but it’s hard to tell because I’ve never seen him. That shouldn’t be surprising as his Secretary of State filings from January through 1 June show no travel expenses other than a bit of mileage to a campaign consultancy in Denver.

At the candidate debate at Mr Biggs’ in March, he sent a stand-in to deliver a few words on his behalf. Too bad: he missed a lively debate between JJ Ament and Ali Hasan. Same for the El Paso County Assembly. He bypassed the State Assembly as well, apparently preferring the petition process to organizing any grassroots party support. His campaign finance reporting shows he used Kennedy’s petition services, as did Norton Gschwendtner. He seems to have gotten good value for money from them as his petition was successful and nothing was newsworthy about it.

He’s collected over $473,000 to the last filing on 7/14 and spent a little over $381,000 of it. It seems like a lot of money to me. I’ve been hearing his campaign ads on the radio claiming that since he runs a public company with shareholders therefore he is best suited to be treasurer. I’m not sure if I understand the logic behind that. It might be nice to hear him speak or at least know what he looks like.

I have not met any activist who supports him or even knows him; one person I talked to says that the name “Walker” comes from his relation to the Walker family that includes George Herbert Walker Bush.

I’ve been impressed by how approachable, friendly and responsive our candidates for office have generally been. I’ve been easily able to meet and talk to all the other candidates for statewide office. Does Stapleton think it’s a good idea to avoid public contact? Does he, like Joe G, think that he can buy an election? Why did he choose to bypass the rest of the primary process? Why does he want to run in the first place?

I am done with politicians I don’t know. I want honest people of principle and I’m going to look them straight in the eye and ask them questions. No one I haven’t met gets my vote.

I’m voting for JJ Ament for State Treasurer. He’s a man of principle I can get behind.

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  1.   Ben
      July 23rd, 2010 @ 1:02 pm

    I have met Walker on several occasions, and I am personally assured of his fiscally conservative bona fides. He has chosen to run a different style of campaign, for better or worse. I would put good money on him winning the primary, though. Whoever wins the primary, Colorado will be a lot better off with Cary Kennedy out of the treasurer’s office.

  2.   Wilkes
      July 23rd, 2010 @ 2:29 pm

    ” I am personally assured”…? What does that mean? And where did you meet him? I can’t stand him. Enough with the old money country club set.

  3.   Donald Johnson
      July 23rd, 2010 @ 2:38 pm

    He appeared at our precinct caucus and I covered his appearance March 1 at the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce with JJ Ament and Ali Hasan. I’ve also interviewed hhim.

    http://www.businessword.com/index.php?/weblog/comments/gop_candidates_for_colorado_treasurer_mix_it_up/

    http://www.businessword.com/index.php?/weblog/comments/interview_walker_stapleton_would_make_fixing_pera_top_priority_as_colorado_/

  4.   Donald Johnson
      July 23rd, 2010 @ 2:41 pm

    Stapleton appeared at our precinct caucus and I covered his appearance March 1 at the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce with JJ Ament and Ali Hasan. I’ve also interviewed him. I tried to post links but the post didn’t take. Go to http://www.businessword.com and search the site for “Stapleton”.

  5.   Katie
      July 23rd, 2010 @ 3:07 pm

    Another example of a well-funded, well-connected candidate trying to bypass the election process and buy their way into office.

    While I agree that either candidate would be a huge improvement over what we have now, I am voting for the only candidate for the Republican primary that stated he would oppose taxing and spending increases to balance the state budget. JJ Ament!

    Hear for yourself – right after the 12:00 mark on the video.

    http://colorado2010.com/AmentStapleton_Pt2.html

  6.   Sam
      July 24th, 2010 @ 12:25 pm

    JJ is NOT ‘opposed to taxing and spending increases’ – He is a banker and professional politician. He supported Ref C and champions all of his inside connections. (Have you looked at his endorsement list – he’s going to have a lot of I.O.U.’s to repay if elected).

    McInnis, Norton, Ament – They’ve even coordinated parts of their campaign together! Some company he keeps!

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