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September 03, 2019 11:52 AM UTC
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here's hoping others will clarify how they see their participation in the race — and can announce a manner of campaigning to offer a choice WITHOUT denigrating other candidates.
Meanwhile, if Johnston has campaign cash left over, perhaps he can choose where it can be best used this campaign cycle to boost Democratic chances overall.
When Hick spent his entire presidential run shitting on the left of his party, why would anyone expect folks in his senate race not to return the favor?
So it's now a three-way race: Hick, Romo, Madden. In all likelihood, just two can get the 30 pct at the convention needed to get on the ballot. If Madden and Romo combine forces, which one goes forward?
Flip a coin.
As far as track records go, it's a close call. Alice has only lost one statewide race but it was in a Democratic wave election cycle. Andrew lost one statewide primary and one CD general election but he was going up against well-funded incumbent in the former and a pseudo-moderate in a GOP wave year in the latter.
Hick has never lost a race except for that unfortunate presidential run.
Senator Angela Williams has never lost a race in 9 years, is the sitting Senator for SD33, I.e., most of Northeast Denver, with 145,000+ constituents, is known as the small business voice in the Senate.
She is African-American, a farm kid who has made it in the city, Chair of the Colorado Black Legislative Caucus, as well as three other legislative committees. In person, she is warm, low-key, and on point. Why are you all in such a hurry to overlook this obviously qualified candidate?
Could it be the fact that nobody outside of her district knows her and that she has never run or won in anything but a deep blue district?
Naw. Must be a right-wing conspiracy!
Spoken like a true DINO!
She may be a fine candidate and I like her small business advocacy but here is the $64,000 question. How much has she raised so far?
Johnston raised over $3,000,000 and yet still dropped out.
Johnston quit? What a wimp. All I've been hearing from the left of the Democratic Party is what a Blue Dog Hick is, and how they need a real Democrat to take on Cory. I thought there was to be no clearing the field for Hick. Oh, well. So much for that plan. Who's out next?
Well, maybe no clearing the field, but if you read the fine print, there’s nothing prohibiting mass carpet bombing of any opponents? . . .
. . . One would have to be the second coming of Tommy not to see, fairly obviously, that Hick’ only abandoned tilting at windmills and entered this race after some number of hefty and concrete assurances from the DSCC, and others, that they would commit to doing everything they could to bring this race to a quick, and unanimous, coronation.
Bingo.
The field needs to be culled to two
I suppose Romanoff is the strongest Not-Hick candidate though Baer and Madden seem appealing. Of the three, Madden might have the best shot against the Frack Drinker
Madden is clearly the best qualified woman in the field. I'm just not sure that's enough.
If readers didn't get to the 5th paragraph of Johnstons' statement, go back and re-read it.
I wonder what and who convinced him to take one for the team. The "clearing the field" mindset, dutifully laid out in Johnstons' statement is meant to influence the rest of the field. Please DO NOT forget the moneyed interests at play here. Johnstons' allegiances aren't with schmoes like me. Isn't most of his money from out of state?
Hickenlooper enjoys the support of some very wealthy and influential people…this is an expression of that influence.
C’mon Duke, you know better . . .
. . . rules is rules!
The ladies don’t play by the stupid Fight Club rules.
A good read….thanx.
Are we sure Thurston is running in 2022?
According to Zappy, he is Senator-For-Life.
Well, when the only poll out shows you running 51 points behind your chief opponent, what do you think you should do?
Cry that the system is rigged because you lack the funds to publish your message.
Who said the system is rigged? The system allows the well connected and influential to advance their cause through power manuevers based on "relationships", as Johnston put it. It also allows the rank and file voter to see right through the power brokering bullshit.
The system allows the voter the last word…not the wealthy plutocrat.
Nope…not rigged.
Three years ago, your St. Bernard was screaming at the top of his octogenarian lungs that the system was rigged and that was the only way he could have lost to the Whore of Wall St.
I fully expect him to start that ranting again when loses to Biden or Warren.
[Insert something here about futility . . .
. . . and educating,
. . . and dogs fast approaching their expiration date, and new tricks.]
You defending the whore of Wall St.?
That's not what I call her but I would certainly defend Hillary Clinton.
She was probably the most competent and qualified person to run for president in my lifetime although she made some mistakes in her campaign strategy. She was vilified throughout her career by assholes, starting in 1992 with Pat Buchanan (who called her a Femi-Nazi and a Communist) and Jerry Falwell (who called her a witch and a murder). More recently, she got it from the other end with Bernie and Jill Stein (sorry, Kiwi, but I couldn't help myself there) screaming about her the other far end of ideological spectrum.
Hillary was the best qualified non-incumbent to seek the presidency since Henry Clay, her fellow secretary of state. She lost to the worst politician since Benedict Arnold — despite getting three million more votes than he did..
Yes, this country is crazy.