Bill Ritter - AP Photo
A spokesman for the office of Governor Bill Ritter lashed out at the Colorado GOP's "Platform for Prosperity", calling it "unrealistic", "hypocritical" and "redundant".
Spokesman Evan Dreyer joined a chorus of liberal and moderate voices in challenging the Platform, which calls for increasing job opportunities in Colorado and covers a range of flashpoint issues likely to be at the heart of next year's gubernatorial race between Ritter and Republican shoe-in Scott McInnis.
The Governor's office was particularly critical of the platforma as being representative of an outdated Republican view, calling it a "manifesto from the past."
Dreyer also took great strides to defend his boss on his weakest issue, the economy, specifically citing efforts to expand Colorado's renewable energy sector.
"It is a large reason why our unemployment rate has declined for three months in a row, why our unemployment rate is 3 points below the national average, why experts say we will be one of the first states to come out of the recession, and why Colorado is repeatedly named one of the best states to do business in."
The Republican "Platform for Prosperity" was the result of a series of meetings between candidate McInnis, ex-primary opponent Josh Penry, and state GOP leadership. Those meetings represented a reluctant willingness on the part of a divided state party to come together in opposition to Ritter, provided McInnis duly represented traditional Colorado conservative values.
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