Why is Mark Udall showing up at a fundraiser for Bob Beauprez?

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Here is a brief excerpt from Peter Blake's column in Saturday's Rocky Mountain News:

Blake: Udall pops in for lunch with potential rival Beauprez

February 26, 2005

Democratic Rep. Mark Udall showed up and made nice at a fund-raiser for Republican congressional colleague Bob Beauprez this week. . . .

Meanwhile, Udall is considered by his congressional caucus to be running for re-election and has been named a "recruitment whip" by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee for the 2006 cycle. That primarily means finding someone to run against Beauprez - should he decide to seek re-election.

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Shouldn't Udall be helping Peggy Lamm raise money in her race against Bob Beauprez?

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1. Who is Peggy Lamm?

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3. Peggy Lamm

Peggy Lamm is the former State Representative who is the likely Democratic challenger to Bob Beauprez in 2006. She has a shot at winning that seat, which has a slight Democratic edge in voter registration, if she can raise enough money.

Mark Udall is supposed to be helping her, not her Republican opponent.

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4. Hopefully she will do far better than Dave Thomas did.

Hopefully there is no connection to Columbine or something else damaging.

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6. Peggy Lamm

No connection to Columbine. Peggy Lamm was co-chair of the commission that investigated the allegations of sexual harassment at the University of Colorado. She is also the ex-sister-in-law of former Gov. Lamm. (Her ex-husband is former Gov. Lamm's brother.)

She served one or two terms in the State House.

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2. Good politics?

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5. I'm sure it was just a courtesy

and that he wasn't helping him raise money.

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7. Just wait

Just wait until Beauprez uses the pictures of him and Udall taken at the fundraiser in Beauprez's 2006 commercials. In a swing district, that could help Beauprez garner enough Democratic votes to get re-elected.