Didn’t see it in the article. Do you recall if they are also the same group (or part of it) that was part of the big push to get a Dim SOS in Colorado a few years ago? Perhaps I’m not remembering correctly, but that is ringing a bell with me (may need more coffee ;-)
Your memory is intact. They thought they could beat Scott Gessler easily yet he won the election. Getting various secretaries of state has been a Democrat strategy for some time because the SoS controls vote counting and how the state handles various voting issues.
With a little luck we’re hoping Gessler will win the election for governor this year.
The Colorado Model was written by Fred Barns at the Weekly Standard. He explains what those guys were doing.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/316nfdzw.asp