Where's Hickenlooper?

Is he allowed to put up a website and get money yet?

I'm not as intimately familiar with campaign finance laws in this state as some polsters are, but maybe it's because he hasn't filed his official paperwork with the SoS yet.

That might be the explanation. I would expect that when he gets back from the Mayor's conference he'll file his paperwork and be a real candidate with a website and fundraising mechanism.

At least there will be one candidate in the Governor's race who's not embroiled in election ethics scandals--I mean, McInnis' [cough} er, the 527 and jazz.

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by: redstateblues @ Fri Jan 15, 2010 at 20:25:04 PM UTC

You are totally right

If he raises a dime before he files he is breaking the law.  He could be connecting lots of pledges but said he is not going to get started until he is back from his trip.  

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by: TheDeminator @ Sat Jan 16, 2010 at 01:29:36 AM UTC

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Actually he has ten days after raising that first dime

Retirement in action does not equal retirement of beliefs.

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by: Dan Willis @ Sun Jan 17, 2010 at 18:24:52 PM UTC

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LOL@ ugly rug.

Buck Stops Here.

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by: peacemonger @ Sat Jan 16, 2010 at 01:26:19 AM UTC

Relax

It's not like Hickenlooper had months or even weeks to prepare for this. Expecting him to have a website up the day he announces, when he only learned four days earlier that Ritter was leaving, is a little ridiculous.  

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by: Colorado Pols @ Sat Jan 16, 2010 at 01:29:09 AM UTC

I've been trying to imagine bumper stickers for the Gov's race if Hick picked AR.

Hickenlooper/Romanoff 2010 would only fit on a big Suburban. In Denver, would the smaller cars sport, "Hick and Andy?"

There is a similar issue with Cary Kennedy. Hick and Cary?

What other combos do we have?

Buck Stops Here.

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by: peacemonger @ Sat Jan 16, 2010 at 01:31:26 AM UTC

Hick and Cary

is not a potential combo. It's ridiculous to think Kennedy would step down from treasurer to lt. gov.

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by: RedGreen @ Sat Jan 16, 2010 at 02:02:04 AM UTC

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" Hick and Andy" vs "Hick and Cary"

Either way, it sounds like a name for a comic my grandfather used to read.

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by: The Longest Line @ Sat Jan 16, 2010 at 02:08:35 AM UTC

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PS

The "grandfather" comment is based strictly on the campy-ness of the name combo's. I'm actually a huge Hick fan.

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by: The Longest Line @ Sat Jan 16, 2010 at 02:10:26 AM UTC

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"Hick's My Pick" is slogan I saw on buttons previously

For Hickenlooper/Romanoff, they could put the name one above the other one being blue on red, the other red on blue with '10 in a white field at the end of bumper sticker.

This will be a graphic issue for anyone running with Hick since his name is so long. For example, a name as short as mine would not fit well either.

Retirement in action does not equal retirement of beliefs.

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by: Dan Willis @ Sun Jan 17, 2010 at 18:29:40 PM UTC

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