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I was one of the 500 likely voters last night!

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I wonder who you choose? I think it will be a close race with either Hickenlooper or Salazar as the Democratic candidate.

The Atlantic reports that Salazar is not running and is backing Hickenlooper (with a name like that, he has to be good! LOL!)

Hickenlooper said that if Salazar decides to run, he won't run against him and will become his first volunteer.

I read somehwere like 2 months ago that John Elway was considering getting into CO politics, is that true? Anyone?

Elway's mentioned it but hasn't made any moves.

Salazar isn't running. The question is will Hickenlooper run? He turned it down in 2006. I think he will as without Salazar (who is much more moderate) he is the last shot for the Dems for the CO Gov race.

Is hickenlooper a big lib?

Not huge. He's the mayor of Denver. The Reps are going to nail him on the sanctuary city thing. He owned a brewery in town and hired a few illegals. One of them shot and killed a cop.

However, the governor of Colorado is really a narrow job. Since we have a TABOR law, the governor or legislature cannot change spending or taxes. Thus, the scope of the governor seat is quite limited. You could argue that you have much more power as Mayor of Denver.

Hickenlooper IS a big lib and it's going to sink him if he decides the run. Salazar didn't run because he didn't want to leave a cushy DC job for a race he wouldn't win. Hickenlooper is going against the stream if he chooses to run--Colorado is a conservative-leaning state and the mayor is a very liberal Democrat in a terrible year for Democrats. Rasmussen shows Hickenlooper somewhat close only because his views are unknown outside of the city and county of Denver. Once he wades into the vast suburban and rural mass of voters--most of whom are quite conservative--he'll start sinking. Fast.

Colorado's going red.

So conservative leaning it voted blue. Thanks for trying

Yeah, seriously... Stillow's blind rage at "librl's" (whatever that means) belies the facts at hand. With 42% showing in a Rasmussen poll, Colorado voters know who this guy is already, and in a "red" state that has more registered democrats than republicans (how did that happen), the seat is quite competitive, even being open... especially when the leading republican candidate is kindof a nobody.

Emily: "2010 Senate" should be "2010 Governor".

Colorado is a purple state but still leans slightly red. While it does have more registered Dems than Reps, independents are by far the largest group.

Denver metro has almost half the states population and those people know him well. Outside, people know OF him but not really his deeds and actions as Mayor.

It will be close. I think it depends on turnout and how well McInnis gets his message out. McInnis is a West Sloper (he's from Grand Junction) so he's at a slight disadvantage there. It will be an interesting race for sure.

Why the hell did Colorado voters even vote for Obama in the first place if they would be this impatient with him? It sort of annoys me when I see a lot of independents being ingrates to whoever is in power. It is like they complained because Bush was too right wing violating our civil liberties, and than they complain about Obama because we are going to finally pass historic health care reform. If the voters of CO and many other states didn't like what Obama stood for, why did they vote for him? What annoys me more, is liberals think Obama isn't doing enough and others think he has a far left agenda. OUr electorate in this country has schitzophrenia when it comes to voting. It seems like Americans tend to be more influenced by lies than they will ever be influenced by the truth.