Nuggets (Open thread)
From the "I bet it's not Mike Hatch" department, this from Tom Scheck.
Becky Lourey confirmed to me that she will be naming her running mate this week. She wouldn't tell me who it was but was clearly excited about it. It's clear that it's a man because she said she was going to announce it in two weeks but this person's wife is so excited about it that she's announcing this week. She didn't specify a day.
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Rod Grams, fresh off his endorsement victory at the 8th District convention (which came a day after announcing he was running, sort of), worked the Capitol press room today.
Audio in a few minutes.
Here's audio (RealAudio) of what he had to say.
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Jon Olson, otherwise known in newsroom as, "the guy that owns the Dairy Queen" (you got a better way to sort out 5th District candidates?), has had a change of heart and has decided to honor the endorsement process and drop out.