Posted on 01/23/2017 8:24:26 AM PST by re_tail20
As some of the world's most influential people wrestled with the implications of President Donald Trump at the World Economic Forum this past week, a new face in US politics grabbed their attention.
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper served as a representative of the Democratic Party's future here, just as outgoing Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State John Kerry represented the past.
If this gathering is any indication, Hickenlooper may be on the verge of building buzz as a 2020 hopeful. Several attendees pointed to him as someone who could rescue the party after its disastrous 2016 losses.
One former Obama administration official suggested he could be a Democratic version of Trump both because of his quirky, off-the-cuff nature (as seen in a campaign ad during which he takes a shower) and a laser focus on middle-class jobs and economic growth.
Hickenlooper has experience in both the private and the public sectors. He opened Colorado's first brewpub and served as a popular mayor of Denver, Colorado's largest city. As governor, he has overseen the state's challenge of federal law on the legalization of marijuana for recreational use (an initiative he was at first against but on which he has since changed his views) and spearheaded a push for significant gun reforms after the deadly 2012 mass shooting at a movie theater in Aurora.
Business Insider spoke with Hickenlooper at Davos. This interview has been edited for clarity and length.
Brett LoGiurato: What's the mood here at Davos this year, given the inauguration of Donald Trump?
John Hickenlooper: It's definitely a different energy. It's a little more somber.
LoGiurato: As a prominent Democratic governor, what are you looking for from the president? Do you see areas where you can work with him? Where are areas where you want...
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The end result will be more white males flipping to the GOP or going independent. The Democrats are playing with fire here. They’ve already alienated many whites in this country and they have a simmering battle between blacks and Hispanics taking place in the background as both groups vie to be the most powerful group in the Democrat Party. The GOP has its own problems to be sure, but the real party meltdown is occurring with the Democrats. They have so many different groups who don’t want to be a slice of the pie and share power. They want the pie all for themselves.
Not to mention the delicious brawls between Black, Hispanic and Feminist candidates that are surely coming.
Chickenpooper. He doesn’t have a spine. Would authorize the execution of a murderer and passed the buck to the next governor. He claimed he didn’t have the heart to sign the execution order.
Run, Chickenpooper, run !
Perfect!
As the most lukewarm milquetoast ever, he would be easy to beat.
I’ve worked with this guy (not politically, non-profit stuff). Don’t underestimate him.
He is sneaky good at retail politics.
Only if the Dems have a DLC type moment where they realize they have to pull back from their leftist craziness would a Hick get the nomination. They aren't there yet, if they ever will be. My prediction is they will try to follow the UK Labour Party to oblivion.
Yep. 2020 is gonna be a real mess for them. Hispanics are going to demand one of their own at the top of the ticket, and how will that sit with black voters? Blacks and Hispanics will not be able to share power and that will fragment their party. Meanwhile, they will continue to lose white voters. If Trump has a successful four years the Democrats will be reduced to being a coastal party, and I could see Trump maybe carrying an extra state in the midwest like Minnesota, a western state such as Colorado, and a northeastern state like New Hampshire in 2020. The Democrats are in deep trouble if they’re even aware of it.
There's always Hillary waiting on the sidelines. ;>)
So you missed my sarcasm.
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