Beauprez reassures Capitol Republicans
Former candidate says he'll 'live to fight another day'
Alan Gathright, Rocky Mountain News
Published March 28, 2007 at midnight
Ex-gubernatorial candidate Bob Beauprez dropped by the Capitol on Tuesday to say that rumors of his political death have been greatly exaggerated.
Beauprez joked with House Republicans that after losing a lopsided election to Democrat Bill Ritter in November some people made him feel "a little like the corpse in the coffin."
"But we did not die. The sun did come up the next day . . . and we're going to live to fight another day," Beauprez said, drawing applause and knowing laughter from the House Republicans Caucus.
"We get the same thing in our caucus, Bob. We understand," said Caucus Chairman Rep. Bill Cadman R-Colorado Springs. Statehouse Republicans, after a long stretch as the party in power, are also biding their time as a feisty minority and plotting their own political resurrection.
Beauprez said he is about to unveil a new free-market and traditional-values-friendly charitable foundation, and is blogging on his new "common-sense" public policy Web site (alineofsight.com). He won't rule out a run for the U.S. Senate in 2008.
"You look rested!" shouted Rep. Frank McNulty, R-Highlands Ranch.
"Yeah, I'm sorry I am so rested. But I'm not staying idle," said Beauprez. "The virus that is politics is a permanent one."
A GOP comeback was also the pep-talk theme for the caucus luncheon speaker, Attorney General John Suthers. He lauded lawmakers for aggressively playing the "loyal opposition" and urged them to keep showing voters how theirs is the party that's strong on free-market solutions, tough on crime and sensible about regulation.
"I was glad to see that you folks rallied and kids are safe to go burn themselves at tanning parlors," Suthers quipped, about Republicans killing a much-maligned bill that would have required minors to get parental approval to use tanning parlors. He also blasted Democrats for pushing legislation to regulate art therapists and to allow parolees to vote.
"These are fundamental differences about how we view the role of government," he said.
gathrighta@RockyMountainNews.com or 303-954-5486
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