Common Sense

Say adios to Ben “Los Hairplugs” Bentzin, he is out of the race in HD-48. Not that it is really a surprise, considering he has raised exactly no money since his crushing loss to Democrat Donna Howard in the spring special election. The surprise is that it took him this long to say it.

“Donna Howard and her local Democratic partisan cohorts ran an extraordinarily negative campaign this past spring. That was very difficult for my family, very difficult for myself,” Bentzin told the Statesman today.

He also said he believed there was “an imbalance in terms of (press) coverage” of the campaign.

At issue in the campaign was Bentzin’s hiring of Republican operative John Colyandro to help with his unsuccessful run for state Senate in 2002. Colyandro has since been indicted for his role in helping other GOP groups that year.

Yes, it is the big, bad Democrats’ fault you’re a moron. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

That just leaves Libertarian Ben Easton and incumbent Donna Howard running for the seat.