Peter Blake: Who wants to be the light governor?

So who wants to run for lieutenant governor on the Republican ticket? Any takers? Line forms to the right . . . Hey, where did everybody go?

The candidate winning the Aug. 10 primary is expected to be so far down in the polls he may have to pick his running-mate the way the sergeant picks a “volunteer” in the Army: Pointing his finger at a hapless recruit and announcing, “You.”

Until 10 years ago, second-banana candidates were picked separately at party conventions. But that led to so many mismatches and bad working relationships - can you say Bill Owens and Joe Rogers in the same sentence? - that the voters changed the constitution in 2000 and authorized the gubernatorial candidate to pick his own.

As of this writing, the only candidate who has a running-mate in place is the newest one, Tom Tancredo of the American Constitution Party.   - More -