Obama wants Hickenlooper to run for CO Gov.

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I don't have much of an opinion of him, but I imagine outside of the Denver and Boulder metropolitan areas he will be viewed as too much of a city guy. Besides, I'm not sure if he has that much charisma.

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I think Hickenlooper should run. He is not associated with Ritter and any of his problems, and I think the Democratic base would be much more eager to support a "Denver liberal" than a "ConservaDem".

True, attacks like that didn't work against Mark Udall.

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I think Hickenlooper should run. He is not associated with Ritter and any of his problems, and I think the Democratic base would be much more eager to support a "Denver liberal" than a "ConservaDem".

True, attacks like that didn't work against Mark Udall.

Well to Shafer's credit, the race was within 2 points in early September. The Financial crisis drove it up to 10 for Udall. In a better environment or neutral year I think Shafer could have pulled it off. Last year people here tried to tell me that he was too Conservative for CO. He was no more conservative then McInnis or Norton who are both in the lead. Its all about the environment and campaign.

Yeah. He was a good fit for the state, perhaps a little conservative on social issues, but it was a heavily Democratic year and Colorado has been a bellweather state lately.

Had McCain won he may have had too.

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Atty Gen John Suthers is running for reelection. Republican Troy Eid, a DA from a county which I can't remember, was running to replace him. I wonder if Eid who was also considered a potential candidate for CO-07 might be the Lt. Governor for Scott McInnis. He comes from an important part of the state, CO-07, while McInnis is from the western part of the state, and is considered a rising star.

This is of course according to Green Papers.

McInnis comes from the eastern part IIRC.

Never mind