I see the Grand Old Party is shedding Dick Wadhams as its state chairman, and I am happy for him, a political pal of mine of long, long ago. Imagine, today, trying to get along with the brassy, bustling Tea Party zealots and other extremists who seem determined to wreck what used to be a reasonable (if fundamentally misguided) Republican Party of Colorado.
It was several decades ago, as a newspaper reporter, that I met Dick Wadhams. He and a similarly happy-go-lucky friend named Sean Conway were political rookies. Gofers, you might say.
They were learning about elections from the ground up, driving cars for Republican candidates, things like that.
I saw a lot of them, and we had some good laughs. I think they were having the time of their lives. I know I was.
I didn't hold it against them that they were Republicans, and I don't think they held it against me that I was a Democrat.
Conway stayed active in public life, too, and the last I knew he was a Weld county commissioner, which isn't a minor office in that large and wealthy county.
He's likely settled down a lot. We all have. It will be interesting to see where Dick Wadhams is headed.
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