"For any other Republican candidate thinking of announcing statewide campaigns soon (I'm looking at you Caplis, Beauprez, Hasan & Ament), Ken Buck's announcement should serve as a model for what not to do. Let's review the four step model taken by Buck:

Step 1: Pre-empt your own announcement by launching a Facebook group & non-functional website

Step 2: Deny that you're running for Senate to your hometown newspaper, making sure to time it so that headlines of "Buck denies he's entered Senate race" circulate in print at the same time as your actual announcement.

"Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck has set up a website announcing his 2010 campaign for U.S. Senate. An anonymous registrant flipped the site on Saturday in the wake of Buck’s victory in prosecuting Allen Andrade on murder and hate-crime charges in the death of transgender Angie Zapata, according to The Colorado Independent.

"Ken Buck is following Ryan Frazier to become the second Republican candidate in the U.S. Senate race. Buck has launched a quasi-website at BuckForColorado.com consisting so far of only a campaign logo and a promise of a "Web Site coming soon.""

"U.S. District Court Judge James Hartmann has concluded that an identity-theft investigation of tax records meant to ferret out undocumented immigrants violated the law.

Hartmann said the warrant–backed by local district attorney Ken Buck that allowed investigators to sift through 5,000 tax files at Amalia’s Tax Service–was improper, meaning evidence will be excluded from the trial of Ramon Gutierrez, a defendant busted in the sting, according to the Greeley Tribune."

With Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck likely to enter the 2010 U.S. Senate race, could illegal immigration really resurface as a hot issue during next year’s campaign?

As district attorney for Weld County, where clashes over immigration have won national attention, Buck received a lot of publicity for his strong opposing stance, including from The New York Times and PBS.

"The Holyoke Enterprise let slip one surprising report from the Phillips County Lincoln Day Dinner:

Brian Ivers spoke on behalf of Congressional candidate Diggs Brown. Also speaking to the Republican delegation were Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck, who will announce he’s running for U.S. Senate in April."

"Add Fort Collins City Councilman Diggs Brown to the list of Republicans ready to challenge newly elected U.S. Representative Betsy Markey (pictured) in the 2010 election. The Fort Collins Coloradoan reports that Brown, a major in the Colorado National Guard, is attempting to launch his campaign to recapture the Fourth Congressional District seat for the GOP, although he was called to active duty last year for a secret Special Forces mission in Africa.