Michelle Malkin discussed the candidates for Colorado's U.S. Senate seat in a recent column.

Conservative pundit, author and relatively new Colorado resident Michelle Malkin has sounded off about “Big Government” Republicans.  In a column titled “Conservatives: Beware of McCain Regression Syndrome”, Malkin praises recent successes at restoring the GOP to its roots but warns that there could be trouble on the horizon. 

Malkin’s conservative credentials are above reproach and she is a favorite of the Tea Party movement for good reason.  She certainly takes on the left but Malkin doesn’t hesitate in calling out problems on the ‘right side’ when she sees them. 

The column discusses the reelection battle John McCain is fighting in Arizona where he faces his first tough primary challenge in years.  Malkin notes how it is ironic that McCain is heavily courting conservatives while he has a history of bashing those very same people.  “Savor the irony: After a career spent bashing the right flank of the party, Sen. McCain is now clinging to its coattails to save his incumbent hide,” she says. 

Malkin points out that McCain and his PAC are supporting candidates in other states that many would consider RINOs (Republican In Name Only).  Among the RINOs she counts Florida Governor Charlie Crist and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina who are running for United States Senate in Florida and California respectively. 

Much closer to home though, Malkin discusses Colorado’s race for the Republican nomination for United States Senate and offers some interesting commentary:

In Colorado, McCain and his meddlers infuriated the state party by anointing former lieutenant governor Jane Norton to challenge endangered Democrat Sen. Michael Bennet. She’s a milquetoast public official who has served on a lot of task forces and GOP clubs – and who happens to be the sister-in-law of big Beltway insider Charlie Black. An estimated 40 percent of her coffers are filled with out-of-state money (and much of that is flowing from the Beltway).

The mini-McCain of Colorado claims to oppose “special interests,” but has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars from D.C. lobbyists at McCain’s behest – stifling the candidacy of strong conservative rivals led by grass-roots-supported Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck, an amnesty opponent whose aggressive illegal immigration prosecutions have earned him the rage of the far Left and big business Right. A recent Rasmussen poll showed Buck and another GOP candidate Tom Wiens beating Bennet – despite the huge cash and crony advantage of front-runner and blank-slate Jane.

OUCH!  That hurts!  I’m not sure how Jane Norton can do it but somehow she needs to shift the court of public opinion from things like this.  Endorsements and pledges alone aren’t going to cut it.

Be sure to read the entire column on Michelle’s website here.

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