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June 25, 2018 04:20 PM UTC
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Well, at least after tomorrow he will have plenty of time to catch up on much-needed, if not much-deserved, rest
Would you rather he sat on his ass and gave up? No he's not going to win, but he's going down fighting so I say good for him.
Fighting? At 3AM? For what? The best spot in the Taco Bell drive-thru for fourthmeal?
There are a lot of things to admire about Mike. His ability to uselessly campaign through the wee hours ain't one.
The only thing that might have made this better is if he maced himself at the end.
ding! ding! ding!
exactly
The Ds are apparently indivisible. Until they become divisible
Mike Johnston is awesome. He was awesome in the last role, and the one before and the one before.
I voted for a different candidate – but he’s awesome.
Well said, David. Never quit fighting while there is time on the clock.
In the immortal words of Bobby Kennedy: Show me a good loser and I'll show you a loser.
I'm not quite sure that rises to the level (depth?) of jumping the shark.
I get the feeling he is practicing for a future campaign.
Mike's never struck me as a guy who runs for practice. He ran for Governor because that's what he wants to be. He may decide, after he falls short tonight, that he also wants to be something else, but that's not practice, that's reevaluating what's possible.
I sure hope not – Johnston did serious damage to the teaching profession in this state, and if he's never again let near the levers of power, it'll be too damn soon.
That said, I think you're probably right – I'll bet he's already testing the waters for a Senate run in 2020 – but it would be best for Colorado's schools, students, and teachers if he would just quietly disappear into the world of think tanks and consulting firms and trouble us no more.
Johnston was my second choice after Polis. Cary Kennedy gets the bronze. She's far and away better than any of the four Republicans who are running. I'll vote for her in November if she wins tonight, but she's too much of a shill for the teacher's union for my comfort.
After Kennedy, Polis was a strong second choice for me, and I'll have no problem jumping on his bandwagon to defeat Stapleton. Thankfully, I've been spared the quandary that a Johnston victory would've presented – I swore in 2005, before his political career had even begun, that I would never vote for him under any circumstances, and he's not done anything in the intervening time to convince me that I ought to change my mind.
I'm a Jared-guy (Jared is family to me).
But Mike is also my friend – we're both Eagle County boys. So I'll just say this:
Did I seriously just read a post that criticizes a man for campaigning too hard?
I'm so damn proud of Mike. He's ran a very good campaign. He's young. He will be back (and I'll be excited to support him when he is).
I think you read a post mocking Mike for executing a stunt as silly, although not as permanent, as getting a campaign tattoo. Going out and raving for votes and bringing cops their morning joe are lovely, but neither requires 24 hours straight of campaigning.
We all know Mike can grab a couple of Red Bulls and pull an all-nighter if the state is on fire.
Yes, it takes stamina to campaign in an empty diner in Denver at 4:00 in the morning. But just because you can…