Hick's "Gun Control" platform

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When you're poll numbers are less than 1% you resort to typical leftist mantra to get noticed

This and notice the crowd he's speaking to... The mostly out-of-state Dems who called him in 2013 and told him to pass the bills. Reminds me of "Beto" getting all that coastal money to turn Texas blue. Beto had to go far Left to get the cash but then couldn't get elected.

He always presented himself as being a socially moderate, pro-business Democrat.

But in order to have any sway with the DNC for a possible presidential run, he had to signal his intentions to them back in 2013, and as one of the government people most directly responsible for turning Colorado blue, he's probably got a lot of Good Boy points with the DNC.

But for him to have any shot at even getting basic attention for the nomination, he's going to have to bend the knee to the DNC, which means signing up for all of the planks in their party platform.

Yes and he chose not to run on that. He could have presented himself as a sane moderate in a field of radical socialists while talking up Colorado's business record. But he's running on gun confiscation instead and coming from a state where gun control caused recalls with continued mass shootings (failure as always).

This will play well in CA/NY.

[DDT951]

he either needs to change his name to Mohammad or start sucking dick.

Wouldnt they like him more if he did both?

Why use "or"?

[TFOGGER]

Yeah, expect the DNC to select for an openly gay Hispanic female. That should push all the democratic white guilt buttons...

[Bailey Guns]

He will never be elected POTUS...

Even though I agree, that's what nearly EVERYONE said about Trump. In the words of Gomer Pyle - "Surpriiise, surprise, surprise!"

[Justin]

At this point I think most of the white men in the race are actually angling for a cabinet position (or maybe a VP slot).

That's how the game's played. Hickenlooper doesn't have a shot in hell at president, but would probably be a good VP choice for the Dems if they go with someone like Kamala Harris or Corey Booker for president. Hickenlooper is just boring enough in presentation and appearance that he'll calm down all of the boomers who've been punching their ballots for the dems since the late 60s.

Sort of how they picked Biden for VP for Obama as a way to help defray the criticism that Barack didn't have any experience.

[colorider]

Good ol Hick. I can?t believe nobody has called him out about his pervy ass grabbing when he had the downtown restaurants. He was a good day drinker and pervert with the female employees. Witnessesed it many times. He?s a clown.

[Delfuego]

Milk toast governor who never had an original idea.

Never met a camera he didn't like either...

[Rucker61]

When you're poll numbers are less than 1% you resort to typical leftist mantra to get noticed

Tru dat. All of the also-rans are starting to crank up the gun control rhetoric. We're going to see mo' mo' crazy as we get closer to the Democratic Convention.

[beast556]

He has no chance at all, he is just trying to stay in the spotlight.

[BladesNBarrels]

I am still waiting for him to be called out on his non-decision about the Chuck E. Cheese murderer's (name is not important) date with the death penalty.
He could not commit to commuting the sentence, or to proceeding with the execution.
Presidents have to make decisions whether they are popular or not - a President just can't say I will postpone that to the next office holder's term.

"The murderer was sentenced to be executed for killing four people at a Chuck E Cheese restaurant in 1993. When the moment came, Gov. John Hickenlooper halted his execution to give him a temporary reprieve in 2013 — but didn’t grant Dunlap clemency. He left it to the next governor to ultimately decide Dunlap’s fate."