Denver Post columnist Diane Carman writing about the "pit bull" Dick Wadhams and his position for the Colorado GOP:
Wadhams is revered by Republicans and Democrats alike as the most brilliant, ruthless, effective political strategist since Karl Rove.
Allard took the opportunity Monday to endorse Wadhams for state Republican Party chairman, a position that's his for the asking, even though it seems wimpy for a guy known for ripping reporters' faces off before he's even finished his first cup of coffee - and liking it.
Anybody who watches politics even casually can recite the highlights of Wadhams' career by heart. He managed Hank Brown's campaign for the Senate in 1990, Bill Owens' campaign for governor in 1998 and Allard's two campaigns for the Senate. He took over the ailing campaign to get Montana Sen. Conrad Burns re-elected in 2000, ran the campaign of South Dakota Sen. John Thune that buried former minority leader Tom Daschle's Senate career in 2004, and was widely believed to be the glorious heir apparent to the savage legacy of the late Lee Atwater and his successor, Rove.
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