John Hickenlooper Thinks He Can Unite America, Bloopers and All

[brooklynite]

https://t.co/CVNedt0Qtx" target="_blank">New York Times

ROCHESTER, N.H. — In its 191-year history, the Democratic Party has never nominated a presidential candidate from west of the Central time zone.

Against long odds, John Hickenlooper, the lanky former governor of Colorado, believes he can change that.

“What I’m really good at,” he said recently, sitting in the back seat of his campaign’s Chevy Tahoe, “is what this country most needs right now.”

Since announcing his candidacy for president in early March, Mr. Hickenlooper has stayed at the bottom of the polls, gained just a bump on Twitter and made major news only once, after telling CNN he accidentally watched an X-rated movie with his mother.

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As governor from 2011 until 2019, he nudged the state to the left, passing universal background checks and civil unions, expanding Medicaid and granting drivers’ licenses to undocumented immigrants, all while creating one of the top economies in the country. Teen pregnancy plummeted in Colorado while he was in office, thanks to a birth control program, and broadband will soon be available to nearly every city and town in the state. For much of his tenure, he worked with a divided legislature.

[JI7]

1. no

[thesquanderer]

2. If you want a gaffe-prone moderate, why not Biden? ;-)

I don't think Hickenlooper comes off terribly well in that piece. And seriously, if you want a moderate type, I don't see what he offers over the far more established and far more experienced Biden, whether in policy, or ability to beat Trump, or ability to be an effective president. What makes him your choice?

[loyalsister]

3. He has an impressive record

I like a lot of what I have read about him. And I'm really glad he has enough support to make his case in the debates.