Schaffer to return as wife recovers
He left campaign to be with her during surgery
By Lynn Bartels, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)
Published September 2, 2008 at 11:40 a.m.
Updated September 2, 2008 at 11:54 p.m.
Republican Senate candidate Bob Schaffer, who took a break from the campaign to be with his wife during surgery, is expected back on the trail by Thursday.
Schaffer is in Phoenix, where his wife, Maureen, underwent surgery last Thursday to have a benign tumor removed from her auditory nerve.
"The surgery went great, and if Maureen continues to do as well as she is doing, Bob probably will return to Colorado Thursday," said Dick Wadhams, Schaffer's campaign manager and chair of the Colorado Republican Party.
Maureen Schaffer cannot fly for 10 to 14 days after surgery and will remain in Arizona for a few days.
The surgery is considered extremely sensitive because of possible hearing damage. She won't know for a few days whether she suffered any hearing loss, Wadhams said.
Wadhams is in Minnesota for the Republican National Convention and returns to Colorado on Friday afternoon.
The next morning, he and Schaffer are scheduled to attend a rally in Colorado Springs for presidential candidate John McCain and his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
"From there, we'll hoof it over to Grand Junction," Wadhams said.
Schaffer and his Democratic opponent, U.S. Rep. Mark Udall of Eldorado Springs, are scheduled to square off Saturday night in a debate hosted by Club 20. The influential group represents Western Slope interests.
The debate is considered the kickoff of the final stretch of election events.
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September 2, 2008
1:54 p.m.
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rage_against_the_stupid writes:
Schaffer doesn't live in a city within Colorado, but Udall lives in Eldorado Springs Damn It! The RMN is patting us on the head again.
September 2, 2008
3:54 p.m.
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HopiMedicineMan writes:
We're common.