Colorado Governor's Race Dropping Off Watch Lists

So far, I've only seen Hickenritter used by Libertad.

Am I outing Wadhams here, I wonder?

"I wouldn't characterize caloric intake as "professional development." c rork

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by: Middle of the Road @ Fri Feb 19, 2010 at 21:27:38 PM UTC

I think that

Lib is a little more eloquent than Dick.

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by: greality @ Fri Feb 19, 2010 at 22:42:46 PM UTC

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Dick

is complete failure. He has a perfect environment for winning several federal and state elections but the the guy is still dealing in Bush era politics - FAIL.

Remind me again why he's the first ever paid chair of the Colorado Republican party. Anything over a buck is too much for what he's produced.  

"Suddenly, it may be cool to be American again" - William J. Kole

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by: Go Blue @ Sat Feb 20, 2010 at 18:12:11 PM UTC

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I think Dick Wadhams is doing a great job

granted, for us Dems. But he is doing a great job.

Where all the cool kids will be on Saturday - Code War!

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by: DavidThi808 @ Sun Feb 21, 2010 at 00:57:59 AM UTC

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Too early

Way too early to make any predictions on this one. Neither Hick nor McInnis ever has run a difficult partisan race. My bet is that both screw up big at some point.

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by: Ignatius O'Reilly @ Fri Feb 19, 2010 at 21:43:02 PM UTC

Oh come on

Both Hickenlooper and McInnis are plenty experienced here. Both have won serious, expensive, and competitive races before.  

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by: Colorado Pols @ Fri Feb 19, 2010 at 21:50:28 PM UTC

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Which ones?

What difficult partisan race has McInnis ever run? (Answer: None.) He hasn't even had a tough primary. His thin skin has never been poked in a campaign.

What difficult partisan race has Hick ever run? (Answer: None.) He has only run a Demo vs. Demo race in a Demo city, and he won it in part by specifically appealing to Republicans. He has never had to prove his bona-fides to his base.

Neither guy ever has had to make snap decisions while being buffeted by outside groups in a tight race. It's a whole different kind of pressure, and people react in very different ways the first time they're subjected to it (Read: Romanoff).

You're giving McInnis and Hick credit for much more campaign experience than they actually have.

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by: Ignatius O'Reilly @ Fri Feb 19, 2010 at 23:20:23 PM UTC

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Hick didn't run a partisan race

But crushing Zavaras and Mares and Tate and the rest -- it was a real campaign and it was brilliantly run.

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by: RedGreen @ Fri Feb 19, 2010 at 23:36:21 PM UTC

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Agreed, kind of

Hick did run a great mayoral campaign. Fact remains, though, that he has never run against mean people who will scorch the earth just to win. This race will be his first of that kind.  

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by: Ignatius O'Reilly @ Fri Feb 19, 2010 at 23:40:58 PM UTC

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If memory serves...

McInnis won his first legislative race by about 15 votes.

And his first Congressional race was a competitive one against Lt. Gov. Mike Callahan.

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by: HikingTheAppalachianTrail @ Fri Feb 19, 2010 at 23:39:44 PM UTC

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Iggie, you're way off base.

McInnis' first race was partisan and in a swing district that had gone from Mike Strang to Ray Kogovsek (D) to Mike Strang (R)to Ben Campbell D (when he won it) to McInnis, R.  what part of winning a difficult partisan race don't you understand.
  As for Denver, it may not have been "partisan" officially, but if you dont think the parties play a role, you live in Saskatoon.  His race was a classic.  

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by: Voyageur @ Sat Feb 20, 2010 at 01:13:20 AM UTC

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3rd District

Frank Evans had it before Kogo (not Mike Strang, as you wrote). But you're right, it has always been a difficult district to win and is always up for grabs when there's an opening.

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by: RedGreen @ Sat Feb 20, 2010 at 01:16:58 AM UTC

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You're right about that, I put Mike twiced.

Evans had it and Kogo won a real squeaker against Harold McCormick.  Then Strang had it for a term before losing it to Campbell.  It's a great swing district.

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by: Voyageur @ Sat Feb 20, 2010 at 02:02:01 AM UTC

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Hmmm

You claim that Callihan vs. McInnis was a "difficult partisan race?" Hard to believe. It's correct that Callihan was lt gov., but he was almost completely disinherited by his gov. Roy Romer, who did nothing to help Callihan and thus scared off almost all Democratic help in that race. This election was McInnis in a cakewalk.

As for Hick's race in Denver being "a classic," please name the moment when he was seriously challenged by anyone, whether at a debate, or, more importantly, by an unfair TV ad. That race was so soft that Hick emerged with no scars. Candidates who run against Dick Wadhams (i.e. this governor's race) never emerge without scars.

 

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by: Ignatius O'Reilly @ Sat Feb 20, 2010 at 06:29:13 AM UTC

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No, it was not McInnis in a cakewalk.

Callihan helped Scooter out by self-destructing. Up until then, it was a competitive race.

Scooter has tremendous retail campaign skills. His problem is figuring out how to reach enough voters one-on-one by election day.

Retail campaigning on the state legislative level is door-to-door, which is how he beat Kathleen Sullivan to win his first election by 12 votes. Retail also works in a congressional district, as Scooter showed for years.

But statewide is nearly impossible. That's his problem.

Just please don't say he's never won a tough race.

Sometimes, I guess, you have to let the inner bitch out.

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by: gertie97 @ Sat Feb 20, 2010 at 16:20:50 PM UTC

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Obviously, you live on another planet.

Iggie, find me one poll six months before the mayor's race that had Hick in double digits.  Then, I'll take you seriously.  Until then, I assume you just go on making up facts to cover your obvious lack of knowledge of the Denver political scene.  

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by: Voyageur @ Sat Feb 20, 2010 at 21:24:35 PM UTC

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Iggie doesn't know jackshit about the 3rd District scene, either.

n/t

Sometimes, I guess, you have to let the inner bitch out.

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by: gertie97 @ Sat Feb 20, 2010 at 21:38:32 PM UTC

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Based on the evidence to date, I think Ignatius O'Reilly

is Bill O
Reilly's younger brother;-)  

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by: Voyageur @ Sat Feb 20, 2010 at 22:09:50 PM UTC

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I think you're on to something here.

n/t

Sometimes, I guess, you have to let the inner bitch out.

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by: gertie97 @ Sat Feb 20, 2010 at 23:12:43 PM UTC

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Some days I think you should read

you're own threads...

"Among all forms of mistake, prophecy is the most gratuitous."

--George Eliot

 

If you're not upset, you haven't been paying attention.  Mike Littwin

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by: Ellie @ Fri Feb 19, 2010 at 22:22:22 PM UTC

you're own threads...

So long as ewe keep you're own homonyms in order!

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by: RedGreen @ Fri Feb 19, 2010 at 23:05:26 PM UTC

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You are a thread. I am a thread. We are all threads.

n/t

Its just like Further, but with tax cuts! - Fidel's Dirt Nap

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by: ajb @ Sat Feb 20, 2010 at 00:27:04 AM UTC

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Your all triguardian

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by: RedGreen @ Sat Feb 20, 2010 at 00:48:16 AM UTC

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If we're all Triguardian, what does that make Sharon Hanson?

"Don't you mean 'Whom do you serve,' Sharon?"

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by: Voyageur @ Sat Feb 20, 2010 at 01:15:04 AM UTC

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Sharon Hanson

is the Mother of All Triguardians.

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by: RedGreen @ Sat Feb 20, 2010 at 01:17:49 AM UTC

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LOL!

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by: Voyageur @ Sat Feb 20, 2010 at 02:02:32 AM UTC

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Prophecy can make one look a fool

But hubris generally leads to defeat.  

Where all the cool kids will be on Saturday - Code War!

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by: DavidThi808 @ Sat Feb 20, 2010 at 05:52:39 AM UTC

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