Maes, Polling at Just 15 Percent, Likely to Drop Out of DebatesGREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO—Tom Tancredo, candidate for Governor, said he's looking forward to a two-man race with liberal Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper after surging 20 points in the polls in less than a month, and narrowing the gap with the Democrat to just ten percentage points.
Meanwhile, Dan Maes, the scandal-plagued GOP nominee, has faded to the mid-teens in polls amid lackluster fundraising and a series of ethical problems.
Tancredo noted that Maes committed earlier this year to drop out of the remaining gubernatorial debates if he dropped below 20 percent in the polls.
On the September 9 Caplis and Silverman Show, during a discussion of whether Tom Tancredo should be included in the gubernatorial debates, Dan Maes stated that there needs to be a benchmark for being invited to the debates.
“If you’re polling 20 percent, come onboard, and if you’re not, then you don’t come,” Maes said on the show.
“Here’s what’s different about me and career politicians," Maes continued. "When I set a rule, I live by it, and I don’t change the goal post when it doesn’t suit me well.”
“Dan Maes made said he'd end his sideshow if he dropped below 20 percent,” said Bay Buchanan, Tancredo’s campaign manager. “We'll see if he lives up to it, or if this turns out to be just another one of Dan's tall tales or serial exaggerations."
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