September 05, 2012 11:13 PM UTC

Will Hickenlooper Throw Down Tonight?

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• by: Colorado Pols

UPDATE: A good speech if the crowd would just shut up and listen, courtesy NBC News:

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Politico’s Charles Mahtesian:

The popular first-term Colorado governor tells the Denver Post that his first major speech to the national party won’t be a negative one marked by attacks on Mitt Romney or the GOP, an approach that’s in keeping with his apolitical style.

But if Hickenlooper has aspirations beyond Colorado – he’s already been to New Hampshire this summer for a speech – a measured address just isn’t going to cut it in Charlotte…

As both conventions have shown, there’s no appetite in either party for compromise or anything resembling a centrist approach. So the very traits that make Hickenlooper one of the nation’s most popular governors won’t serve him well in Charlotte – or in Iowa and New Hampshire in 2016.

Gov. John Hickenlooper’s address is scheduled for the 6 o’clock (MDT) hour of the Democratic National Convention tonight–we’ll post it as soon as it’s available. Will Hickenlooper surprise and throw a few punches on Barack Obama’s behalf? As we’ve said about our consummate nice-guy governor before, he has to invest his closely-guarded political capital sometime.

Especially if he’s imagining something bigger down the road than governor of Colorado.