Quote Originally Posted by PugnacAutMortem View Post
I think the way this vote went for governor is a message to the GOP to stop putting out crappy candidates. Yes, all democrats will vote for whomever has the D after their name. It's been proven time and time again that's just how people in that camp operate. But it looks like a sector of the people in the republican camp actually care about the candidates that their party puts up for election, and if they think that it's a lame candidate then they won't vote for them (Romney, Beauprez...). This should kick the GOP in Colorado in the ass and say "We need to put the strongest candidate out there, not who the data says is the most electable". Sometimes that might be the same person, but recently that has not been the case.

The real test to see if the GOP learns from this race is who they put up for president in 2016. I fear that last night is going to give them a ton of false confidence and they will throw out someone like Krispy Kreme Christie (vomit) or Bush Numero Tres (double vomit) and think that just because they have the R after their name, they will be a shoo-in.

Those who do not learn from the past are doomed to repeat it in the future.
Will it matter if Hillary decides to run?

Quote Originally Posted by crays View Post
I would like for him to have to face that decision.
It will make for an uncomfortable situation for Hick either way. We are all under the assumption that he has further political aspirations, and it will be a no-win situation. Sign, and risk losing support from (D) side (and the money/power machine), jeopardizing his future aspirations; or don't sign, and risk the ongoing fallout/turmoil from his lies, pandering and waffling, which will most assuredly be used against him in any future political endeavors. I can see the attack ads in my mind already.
But rest assured, if he does have to face that decision, and he does sign off on any of it, that decision will have not have been made by him but by his handlers (Bloomie, et al)
lol @ thinking that Hickenlooper is worried about being revealed as a shyster after what he did openly the last term.