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June 02, 2010 02:04 AM UTC

Hickenlooper buys $850,000 of TV time

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  • by: ThillyWabbit

( – promoted by Colorado Pols)

Just-posted press release:

Support for Hickenlooper for Colorado Results in $850,000 for Fall TV Ads

Hickenlooper for Colorado supporters in May enabled the campaign to reserve $850,000 worth of advertising time on television this fall, the campaign announced today.

A significant amount of those resources came, once again, from an overwhelming response to email requests for contributions. Their efforts mean the campaign will be able to deliver to voters John Hickenlooper’s message of job growth and economic development for Colorado.

“We pledged to supporters that every dollar raised from our email effort would go to purchase time on television,” Hickenlooper for Colorado campaign manager Mike Melanson said. “Because of the enthusiastic response from those emails, we were able to reserve $850,000 of ad time when it really matters. We can’t say ‘thank you’ enough.”

Financial reports due Wednesday will show continued support for John led to another $380,841 in contributions during May. The campaign’s aggressive media purchase, along with a $123,000 mailer led to $1.138 million in expenditures during the month with just over $130,000 cash on hand.

“We began this race a year and $1 million behind, so we knew every possible dollar would be needed for delivering John’s message to voters,” Melanson said. “The moves we made in May will stretch every dollar this fall, and ensure we’re talking to voters when it counts.”

Finally, with more than $36,000 in online contributions responding to our emails in the final days of May, Hickelooper for Colorado is able to answer the question on everyone’s mind:

Yes! Mike is smiling.

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60 thoughts on “Hickenlooper buys $850,000 of TV time

  1. “John Hickenlooper’s message of job growth and economic development for Colorado” vs. John Hickenlooper’s actual record of job destruction and chasing businesses out of Colorado.

    Have at it guys.

      1. … that McInnis donated, and the thousands of jobs he created?

        That’s got to count for something.  

        Even our new village idiot can explain that simple truth to us.

        Right, bjwilson83?

        1. So Hick creating jobs when he wasn’t in office is somehow equivalent to ‘pubs NOT creating jobs when they weren’t in office.

          I thought I missed Loony Tunes, but they’re alive and well right here in your mind.

            1. …during Bush Recession II.  And it has a far lower unemployment rate than most other areas of the State, including those areas run by Republicans.

              Drop by Mesa County some time and talk to right-wing nutjobs faithful Meis and Rowland and ask them how they’re doing with the whole unemployment thing.

            2. of massive and continued federal defense spending like Colorado Springs (The Welfare City) to keep it’s economy afloat.  If the City and County of Denver was awash in defense spending like Colorado Springs and El Paso County, they would be wonder workers.  I guess not every city can live off of government spending like Colorado Springs.  Hickenlooper is to be commended for running a balanced budget and reining in government spending without having big government institutions as his primary revenue source.

    1. They’ve actually added about as many jobs here in Colorado as the number that were lost when they moved their base, and that blaming their move on taxes is an oversimplification. Colorado  was ranked fourth best business climate by that commie rag Forbes Sept. 2009. We’ve done better throughout the recession by a wide variety of measures than most other states. You can look it up. That’s for starters.  

    2. How’s that work within the beloved ‘Free Market’ economy again?

      Perhaps he will go back in time and stop the dinosaurs from dying in the shale plays, which are cheaper, closer to market, and closer to infrastructure than the basically land-locked Piceance?

      As the price of a tcf rises, drilling will come back.  Scooter touting himself as the ‘jobs’ Governor vs. someone who has actually crated jobs (other than for his family) is a battle I am sure our next Governor, John Hickenlooper, relishes.

        1. in pretty much every town, every city, every county, every state.

          You are always in opposite land.

          And specifically which jobs did Hick destroy?

          (Oh, never mind, you just have a ‘hunch’ no evidence, no data, no argument, I’m sure).

          1. Found this interesting comparison of the relative success between Republican-run states vs. Democratically-led states.

            E. The greater economic success of Dem states (which translates into greater national economic success) should also be examined in light of greater U.S. economic success under Democratic Presidents vs. Republican Presidents.  

            F. Not only is the “tax-and-spend liberals” label a myth, it may be appropriate to fairly label Republicans tax-and-spend conservatives! More importantly though, tax policy coming from Republicans must be viewed with great caution, especially in light of various other myths propagated by them, whether it is on personal taxes or corporate taxes.

  2. Under the Democratic Bill Ritter administration my company has been hiring – most every month so far this year. And sales are better than they’ve ever been before.

    So if you’re going to blame the Bush recession on Ritter, then he gets to take credit for the increasing jobs we’re seeing now.

  3. Unfortunately John, while TV is nice it is not as good as actually meeting your new constituents.  And may I ask where these TV spots will run…Denver?  Good because he won’t win over any votes he doesn’t already have there.  Take a hint John, there is more to the state than just Denver so if you want to make the most of it get out of your nice sanctuary city of Denver and try to tell the farmers on the eastern plains and southern valley or the business people in the mountains how much better your higher taxes will make them and how you know how to spend their money better than they do.  Then see how well that works.

    1. who exists in an alternate universe.  In this one, he’s about to become Governor Hickenlooper with lots of support from his many friends and admirers in the business community.

      1. unfortunately your opinion brings nothing new to the table.  Here watch this, “In this one, he’s about to become Governor McInnis with lots of support from his many friends and admirers in the business community”. You just made a personal appeal and so did I and neither of us can say the other is wrong.  What I did earlier though is propose a flaw in Hickenlooper’s strategy and thus with his ability to lead as to his lack of knowledge of state issues outside of Denver.  

    2. Extremists who imagine themselves in the majority claiming that their extreme hate filled positions are going to bring in the moderates because no one wants to pay taxes.

      Note to extremist:  Good government happens everyday from the dedicated officer who stands his ground in a tense standoff to the elementary school teacher who takes time to work with a dyslectic student.  Our roads are maintained and our water protected because of good government.  It is crappy hate filled fools who think that the majority of voters in this state want a toxic brand of government like the Bush Administration which favors the rich over the poor and running things into the ground to obsess about divisive social issues.  Good luck selling that pile of shit.

    3. The votes along the front range, the majority of which will go to Hickenlooper, are more than enough to offset any R leaning votes on the Western Slope or the Eastern Plains.

      Sad, in a way, but true.

      Denver and its ‘burbs IS the 800 pound gorilla in Colorado.  It’s not like everyone in Aspen watching the nightly news hasn’t been learning about Hickenlooper for the last eight years.  

      1. Yes it is true that for sure Hickenlooper will win in Denver and Boulder counties.  The difference between this election and the 2006 election is that McInnis enjoys more support in Douglas, El Paso, Arapahoe, and Jefferson counties than did Beauprez.  Couple that with support in Western Slope counties (that Ritter carried if you remember) and the added votes there that Republican’s did not win last time around shapes up very nicely for a guy who has been around the state and is known statewide rather than one who stays in Denver.

        1. …Denver, Boulder, most of Jeffco, lots of Arapahoe (not so Repub anymore,) Larimer, and the population center of Weld.  

          That’s just to warm up. Pueblo will go Hickenlooper, too.

          Remember, it was predicted that Ritter, being Denver D.A., suffered from the same defect.  JH is MUCH more known around the state than Ritter, and we all knew who won in 2006, don’t we?  John also just has a very likable personality, and his political ads have reflected that sense of humor.  Sadly, one reason GW got elected and reelected.  McInnis and humor are two words seldom connected.  

  4. What do the Republicans really have on him concerning jobs? He’s done a great, responsible job managing Denver’s budget. He stood up to the unions when they wanted unreasonable wage increases during a recession. He has been an effective manager. And Denver has done better than most places in weathering the recession.

    I’d love to see from BJ and other critics some SPECIFICS on policies Hickenlooper took that have actually, demonstrably led to job losses. As opposed to simply trying to say “He was the mayor during a recession, so he’s responsible for all jobs lost during the recession.” That’s like blaming the fireman for the fire.

      1. When will you learn about a single local issue you can regurgitate talking points about? Or are you incapable of learning?

        What regulation are you talking about? I mean, really. The fire code? You do realize that those are national standards, right? Even Colorado Springs has them, even if they can’t afford to enforce them.

        And what taxes? Hickenlooper, like all politicians in this state, can not raise taxes, period. Only the people can raise taxes under the constitution.

        You really have no clue about Colorado or Denver or John Hickenlooper. Where is your unit of the 101st Fighting Keyboardists located? Cheney’s fortified bunker in Virginia?

        1. So you support TABOR? But it didn’t matter; if you knew anything about Colorado politics, you would know that the dems got around this annoying thing called the “law” by calling their tax hikes “fees”. Where do you live?

      2. did Hickenlooper implement that drove away businesses.  You seem pretty convinced that this bad government thing happened so please provide specifics so we can understand your point of view.  Which taxes and which regulations do you believe contributed to lost jobs within the city of Denver?

          1. You guys have already sent my wife the “Same stripes” mailer twice now. She’s registered independent, but you’re wasting your money.  

            1. actually, “unaffiliated,” and I get the same mailings.

              We can vote in the primary, you know, so maybe it’s not such a waste.

              I plan to vote for whoever pisses me off less.  That should serve as a warning to people who piss me off.  My vote is in play.  You want it?  You got it.  Just don’t piss me off.

                1. We can affiliate right up to the minute we cast our votes.

                  Then we can change back.

                  That’s unlike people already affiliated with a party, who can’t change affiliation after 30 days before the election.

                  Answer your question?

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