Posted on 09/18/2018 9:56:35 AM PDT by re_tail20
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has created a leadership political action committee, a sign he is interested in exploring a 2020 presidential run and raising funds to pay for travel and other campaign-like expenses such as polling.
The two-term Democrat will be out of office in January due to term limits. He has long been on media lists of potential presidential contenders, behind politicians with more national recognition such as Sens. Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, and Bernie Sanders, as well as former vice president Joe Biden.
Hickenlooper has so far demurred or sidestepped questions about whether he will run. In August he said he was talking with friends about the idea.
His eight years as governor developed a resume of policy decisions and outcomes upsetting both liberals and conservatives.
As a former geologist for a petroleum company, Hickenlooper was an ally of oil and gas as the fracking boom helped hold Colorado's economy steadier than the rest of the nation through the great recession, but the stance gave heartburn to environmental groups and the far left of the Democratic base.
He signed new gun restrictions into law in 2013, including a 15-round limit on all new sales of gun magazines sold in the state. In the wake of that decision, a manufacturer of gun magazines and accessories moved their production out of state to Wyoming and Texas.
Hickenlooper, 66, has twice said on the record that young, undocumented immigrants he encountered told him they cared little about a so-called "pathway to citizenship" and instead were primarily concerned with establishing some legal framework which would "get people out of living in the shadows."
The first time he made those remarks in 2014, just after he had won reelection, earned him a quick rebuke from the Latino community.
The Colorado Latino Forum issued...
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But it’s good he’s considering. I like to see the little children all in a room fighting, and bitching and promising the world
Rather than hand picked scum like OCommie and hilLIAR
Yeah, well, we thought nobody would want one with a middle name like Hussein. :)
Flush this turd Colorado.
Must not have been a black tie event.
He’ll want to take weed legalization nationwide.
Hell, a few FReepers will likely vote for him.
Democrats have a deep bench...of pukes.
...and a jato bottle up her butt..
There has never been a POTUS with that stupid of a name, and won’t be anytime soon.
POTUS Chickenpooper? lol...nope.
They both have those MK ULTRA eyes.....deep state zombies.
My Colorado relatives (all Republican) call him Gov. Chickenpooper.
Two dozen democrats will announce their candidacies, correctly calculating that anti-Trump morons will be hysterically throwing out wads of cash like beads at Mardi Gras.
Everybody wants some.
Aaaahhhhh - good ol’ Gov Chickenpooper! This fellow, for a saloon operator had to run for mayor/governor because he was loosing his a$$ as a saloon operator.
As a Coloradan - I wouldn’t vote for the guy for Dog Catcher. This fellow couldn’t find his a$$ with either hand an a road map. Let’s add another moron to Dimocrat $hit-show .... who has the popcorn?
I’m sure those figure in. IMO < this guy’s best chance is finding out what McGovern felt like.
You are probably correct.
Probably the last of the non-radical, moderate Democrats.
Good for him. A white guy has about as much chance of winning the Dem nomination as a woodened legged man in a forest fire, but at least it will be entertaining.
My friend and neighbor know JH. JH is widely loved in CO where big government seems to work better than other places. Denver is kind of a neighbor friendly, volunteer town. If he can translate that to a vision outside of CO he has a shot.
With a name like that, how has he ever won anything?
Trump will decimate him in any debate.
AGAIN-—Harris is NOT eligible to be POTUS or any position that can get her to POTUS thru succession.
She was born in the USA of foreign parents who did NOT become USA citizens until Harris was about 5 or 6 years old.
We got stung by Obama. We do NOT require repeats.
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