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Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper launches campaign for Senate

tres borrachos said:
IMO, the Democrats picking up Senate seats and taking control of the Senate is more important than who wins the WH. Without McConnell capitulating to him, Trump is neutered.
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McConnel can still stop legislation as minority leader. His defeat this election is crucial.
 
Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper launches campaign for Senate
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He was, IMHO, the best Governor Colorado has had in my lifetime, he will be an equally good Senator and is his own man, unlike Gardner who is in the hip pocket of Koch industries.

King Mitch has to be defeated too; maybe then Americans can hope for meaningful bi-partisan legislation again.
 
tres borrachos said:
He's way ahead of Gardner in the polls. He was way ahead when he still had his Presidential campaign. Will this be a Dem pickup?

Sadly, he was my #1 choice for POTUS. I would have loved to cast a vote for him in 2020.

John Hickenlooper running for Senate in Colorado - CNNPolitics
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He was high on my list too.

As was Jay Inslee, who was right near the top.

Hickenlooper will make a great Senator. And he could make a great President.

I have no doubt that Inslee would make a great President.

I think a lot of these folks are positioning themselves for 2024. I doubt that Biden would be more than a one term President, because of his age.

Look at the stage in these debates. It’s a pretty star studded group. A great cabinet for a Democratic president, and a great post Trump stage for them to prove themselves on.
 
Irwin Corey said:
He was, IMHO, the best Governor Colorado has had in my lifetime, he will be an equally good Senator and is his own man, unlike Gardner who is in the hip pocket of Koch industries.

King Mitch has to be defeated too; maybe then Americans can hope for meaningful bi-partisan legislation again.
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Yes, McConnell has to go.

I have a suspicion that the best way to do that is to look into the finances of the NRA.

Too little has been written about the role the Russians played in pumping money into the GOP using the NRA as a conduit.
 
tres borrachos said:
That's two (CO and AZ). I think Collins may struggle in Maine. I would love to see Pero's take, even this early, on the Dem chances to retake the Senate.

That reminds me. Time to make another donation to the campaigns of McConnell's and Graham's opponents.
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The news is that lots of people have negatives on McSally, she lost to Sinema and the governor appointed her to McCain's old seat. Kelly has high likeability and room to grow. They are both fighter pilots, so Martha can't use the "look at me, I'm tough" crap that she did against Sinema.
 
TomFitz said:
He was high on my list too.

As was Jay Inslee, who was right near the top.

Hickenlooper will make a great Senator. And he could make a great President.

I have no doubt that Inslee would make a great President.

I think a lot of these folks are positioning themselves for 2024. I doubt that Biden would be more than a one term President, because of his age.

Look at the stage in these debates. It’s a pretty star studded group. A great cabinet for a Democratic president, and a great post Trump stage for them to prove themselves on.
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I agree about Biden. I'm starting to be more convinced that he will win the nomination, and I don't see him doing 2 terms.

Maybe he can snag Hickenlooper as his VP?
 
tres borrachos said:
I agree about Biden. I'm starting to be more convinced that he will win the nomination, and I don't see him doing 2 terms.

Maybe he can snag Hickenlooper as his VP?
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I can’t see any way 2 white guys form the Dem ticket this year.
 
For practically the first time, I'm seeing McConnell taking national heat for his role in the GOP healthcare fiasco of 2017, his huge role in passing the GOP tax break for the ultra wealthy, stringing out the 35 day government shutdown, sitting on many bills (including national election security) that have already passed the House, doing nothing to bring about gun purchase background checks and red-flag laws, and Mitch had sanctions removed from a Russian oligarch who promised to build a metal plant in Kentucky.

But more than anything else, McConnell has to go for flooding the courts with conservative turd justices (like Gorsuch and Kavanaugh).

These conservative Federalist judges are ruining this country.
 
tres borrachos said:
That's two (CO and AZ). I think Collins may struggle in Maine. I would love to see Pero's take, even this early, on the Dem chances to retake the Senate.

That reminds me. Time to make another donation to the campaigns of McConnell's and Graham's opponents.
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As you know with Maine, there’s a strong enough Independent party that helped elect LePage twice for governor, as well as current Independent Sen. A. King. There’s an independent Van Helsing in the race with Collins and the Democrat Gideon polling at about 7%, enough to throw the election back to Collins.

ME-02 is rated a toss-up for the House and potus right now. All of Maine is rated lean Democrat for potus. As for Graham, Harrison has a shot at him, as SC voted for another House Dem last year. Theresa Greenfield has a great shot at Ernst in Iowa.

I’m torn on Bullock running against Daines for the Montana Senate, since I still support him for potus. I’m still hoping for two nights of debates in September, with only about 6 candidates each, instead of one debate with 10 voices.
 
Linc said:
I’ll be interested to hear from our resident CO posters, since there are 14 other candidates in this primary already, a few of them well-funded. Is there Hickenlooper fatigue in CO? I agree with TG that JH should have been in this race from the beginning.
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I have a son living in fort Collins and is a fan...
 
GDViking said:
I have a son living in fort Collins and is a fan...
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Gardner, Ernst, Collins, McSally and the rest must be tied to McConnell and his resistance to even bringing up legislation that has the support of the vast majority of Americans.

They can’t be allowed to play their phony moderate cards in the general election after what McConnell has done to this country since Obama was first elected.

This election must be a referendum on both McConnell and Trump.
 
tres borrachos said:
He's way ahead of Gardner in the polls. He was way ahead when he still had his Presidential campaign. Will this be a Dem pickup?

Sadly, he was my #1 choice for POTUS. I would have loved to cast a vote for him in 2020.

John Hickenlooper running for Senate in Colorado - CNNPolitics
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Hickenlooper was also my first choice among all Democrats running. He certainly would have had my vote had he been the Democratic nominee. If I were doing my Senate/House forecasts this far out I would have Colorado going to Hickenlooper. A pick up. I think if Hickenlooper runs against Gardner, there's no doubt about it.

A hint at the future and my forecasts. As of today I would have the Democrats picking up three senate seats, losing one.
 
tres borrachos said:
I agree about Biden. I'm starting to be more convinced that he will win the nomination, and I don't see him doing 2 terms.

Maybe he can snag Hickenlooper as his VP?
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I think that if there was a reasonable chance Hick would have been tapped for VP he wouldn't have entered the Senate race. I had hopped he would become VP, as much as I like him I never thought he had the national traction to get the Presidential nomination, he's a good man and would have made a great President or VP. I most definitely will be volunteering for his Senate campaign.
 
TheGoverness said:
Sessions is in Marijuana Hell, smoking a big fattie with the Succubus of the Cannabis.
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What would happen if everyone lit one up?

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Obscurity said:
I find this sort of commentary hilarious, and it's based in the moronic notion that the US exists in a vaccuum.

For example; MFA is not radical, at all. Only in this country is it considered irrational. Seeking viable alternatives to finite fossil fuels is not radical. Investing in the future of a greater america via public funded secondary education is not radical. In fact, most proposals are only labeled radical by two types of people; centre right people, and right people. That's it.

Why is it, for example, 60 cents on every dolllar taken in taxes by the government has to go to the military? As an american, I find it extremely disturbing that advances that would promote and enhance the common good for all of our people are seen as radical, but our extreme military budget and investment in inhumane, extremist wars, are something we just sweep under the rug.
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Sorry, political climate. Time for calm?
 
Irwin Corey said:
I think that if there was a reasonable chance Hick would have been tapped for VP he wouldn't have entered the Senate race. I had hopped he would become VP, as much as I like him I never thought he had the national traction to get the Presidential nomination, he's a good man and would have made a great President or VP. I most definitely will be volunteering for his Senate campaign.
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If I lived there, I'd definitely volunteer for his Senate campaign. I would have volunteered for his POTUS campaign here in NH if he stayed in it.
 
Perotista said:
Hickenlooper was also my first choice among all Democrats running. He certainly would have had my vote had he been the Democratic nominee. If I were doing my Senate/House forecasts this far out I would have Colorado going to Hickenlooper. A pick up. I think if Hickenlooper runs against Gardner, there's no doubt about it.

A hint at the future and my forecasts. As of today I would have the Democrats picking up three senate seats, losing one.
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Hey Pero,

I know you are thinking CO flips. What are the other 2 Democratic Senate pickups you're assuming - and what is the loss?
 
Lovebug said:
Sorry, political climate. Time for calm?
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Address my points. The items I described aren't radical. We're just decades behind the ball, thanks to the idiotic arguments of right wingers wish listing for a return to the days of yore.
 
Obscurity said:
Address my points. The items I described aren't radical. We're just decades behind the ball, thanks to the idiotic arguments of right wingers wish listing for a return to the days of yore.
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I don't correspond with people who are argumentative and rude.
 
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