Looks like Hillary is vetting John Hickenlooper of Colorado..

[fun n serious]

For VP but he opposed marijuana and it's the right thing to do. Colorado is doing more than great and we here in Oregon are working it out fine. Less crime and less police work.

[chillfactor]

1. never heard of him......

is he in Congress?

[KewlKat]

2. Here's some info

John Wright Hickenlooper Jr. is a member of the Democratic Party and the 42nd and current Governor of Colorado. Hickenlooper has served as governor since 2011.

[fun n serious]

3. Gov of Colorado.

He opposed Marijuana and earlier this year he said he felt "grimm" about Hillary.

[Ken Burch]

7. "he felt 'grimm' about Hillary"?

He thought she was a character in a European folk tale?

Or a mythical creature living in Portland?

[fun n serious]

9. He he,

Grim.

[Hortensis]

20. Makes this vetting sound like a "grimm" joke.

[KewlKat]

4. Hmm.....interesting background

http://www.denverpost.com/2016/05/23/colorado-governor-john-hickenlooper-reveals-his-secrets-in-a-new-book-that-puts-him-in-national-political-spotlight/

Gov. John Hickenlooper reveals secrets in book that puts him in national spotlight “Opposite of Woe: My Life in Beer and Politics”

...given the candor in the book, Hickenlooper said, “you’d have to say this wasn’t designed to put me in a presidential or vice-presidential light.”

“We are trying to be honest,” he added. “That is what we are trying to do, and we are trying not to worry about” the political future.

[fun n serious]

5. I don't feel good about him.

Here is the VP meeting

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/hillary-clinton-meets-colorado-gov-hickenlooper-vice-president/story?id=40636955

[KewlKat]

6. I hope she passes on him........

too much amo there for drumpf.............

[fun n serious]

8. Yes. Also.. he seems to be to have moved right

Since he was young. He said the marijuana legalization in CO was reckless. It's now doing very well. More money, less crime, less police work. All over well.

[Warren DeMontague]

15. LA Times: Governor who called legalization 'reckless' now says Colorado's pot industry is working

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-hickenlooper-marijuana-20160516-20160516-snap-story.html

But the governor’s views have softened. During a recent panel discussion at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Los Angeles, he said that despite opposing the legalization of pot, his job was to “deliver on the will of the people of Colorado.”

“If I had that magic wand now, I don’t know if I would wave it,” he said. “It’s beginning to look like it might work.”

It was the latest in a series of comments Hickenlooper has made signaling what looks like an evolution of his views on marijuana. In April last year, during an interview with Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo, Hickenlooper said legal weed was “not as vexing as we thought it was going to be.”

[fun n serious]

19. Thank you! nt

[seabeyond]

22. This is not a bad thing. He thought one thing and still the responsibility to implement

will of people then admitted to his misjudgment on the issue. People aren't going to always get things right. So, this is not that bad.

[Warren DeMontague]

23. Yeah, that's my take too.

I think Hickenlooper would be a good choice, actually. And, we wouldn't lose a Senate seat.

[Bluenorthwest]

26. He opposed cannabis legalization in part because he's in the beer business....

And he was wrong about the legalization in Colorado, the specific problems he predicted simply did not exist, the benefits have been so major he could no longer deny them.
I get sick of politicians who have been entirely wrong about everything being given more opportunities to be wrong about larger and more important things. Changing your mind once the results are in is not really impressive. LGBT equality is the same thing, those who yammered against us for years suddenly 'change their minds' and we are supposed to forget their years of aggressive denigration and reward them with high office and large sums of money.

I offer that people who support good change from the start are innovative, those who support a pile of tax money once it is on the table are not innovative. They are just reactive.

[Warren DeMontague]

29. Fair enough. But who do we have on the veep short list who supported it from the start?

I like Newsom and Merkley but I don't think either of their names are up there.

[IADEMO2004]

10. Disqualified for silly name.

John is just to easy to target.

[Warren DeMontague]

14. I think it's about time we all move beyond disqualifying people for "silly name"

we elected Barack Hussein Obama twice. That really ought to put that thing to rest.

[auntpurl]

16. I think the person to whom you're responding was making a little joke.

[Warren DeMontague]

17. I've actually heard that a few times, here, about Hickenlooper.

He's not my first choice, but really there should be better metrics for making the decision.

[auntpurl]

18. Yes, I know, but he said "John is just too easy to target"

It's a joke.

[Warren DeMontague]

21. Ah, gotcha.

I guess I didn't see what he was aiming at, so to speak.

[L. Coyote]

11. Not likely.

[postatomic]

12. Still sticking with him.

Hickenlooper is an actual business person unlike Mister Build - File Bankruptcy - Build - Bankruptcy - Rinse and Repeat. He's the Governor of a Swing State. The guy is very sharp and would be an excellent choice.

Those mentioning his anti-marijuana stance need to know he's warmed up to it. Especially after he saw the revenue Colorado was receiving from it.

Hillary - Hickenlooper.

[Warren DeMontague]

13. I think Hickenlooper has come around, to a certain extent, on legal marijuana.

He sees how well it has been working in CO.

[OldHippieChick]

24. He's a nice guy, but far too mellow for a VP pick

In all his years as mayor of Denver and then as Gov, he has remained very low key. Good for Colorado as he is an environmentalist, but not enough gas in the tank for the national stage - IMHO

[Autumn]

25. Govoner Frackinlooper as we call him here in CO? That name stems from him drinking fracking fluid

and his solid support of fracking.

http://www.boulderweekly.com/opinion/dyertimes/hickenlooperrsquos-drinking-problem/

http://denver.cbslocal.com/2013/02/26/hickenlooper-threatens-to-sue-any-town-city-that-bans-fracking/

[Her Sister]

27. Very PRO-LGBT rights!

[Her Sister]

28. Governor who called legalization 'reckless' now says Colorado's pot industry is working

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-hickenlooper-marijuana-20160516-20160516-snap-story.html

“The governor has called this a grand experiment from the beginning. He looks at data points as he goes along and I think he’s pleasantly surprised that there were not as many challenges as he thought,” Freedman said.

“He would say the jury is still out on this experiment but he’s optimistic.”

Some are less circumspect.

“The state’s image is actually rising. We were just ranked as the best place to live in America,” Tvert said. “The idea that businesses would not relocate here or conferences wouldn’t be held here was untrue. In fact, attendees at conferences are now offered pot tours as day trips.”

My military last station and my degrees are from Colorado. Love that beautiful awesome State!