Denver Mayor says no to Colorado Governor's race

[Galactic Overlord]

Democrat John Hickenlooper will not run for governor of Colorado.

http://rockymountainnews.com/drmn/government/article/0,2777,DRMN_23906_4445016,00.html

[TheresNoMoney]

Bummer. He's making a mistake. All the top offices (governor, Senator) are going to be taken up for a long time starting in 2008.

[Adlai Stevenson]

I can't understand this and I agree that most of the important state-wide positions will be filled by 2008.  In this case perhaps he simply isn't interested?

[Flying Dog]

Damn you!!! You....You.....DUTCHMAN!!!

[HardRCafé]

Thanks for this, Galactic.

[Alcon]

There goes Colorado for the Dems, chances are.

[Yates]

If Hickenlooper was aiming for a life-long political career, this hampered it.

[TheresNoMoney]

There goes Colorado for the Dems, chances are.

No way, they still have a decent chance to win the governorship with Bill Ritter.

[Alcon]

There goes Colorado for the Dems, chances are.

No way, they still have a decent chance to win the governorship with Bill Ritter.

I had entirely forgotten about Ritter!

He does start with a disadvantage, though.

[TheresNoMoney]

He does start with a disadvantage, though.

Early polls show him with either a slight lead or slight disadvantage against the likely GOP candidate Beauprez.

[Yates]

Ritter is actually a fair candidate.  His pro-life views make him able to appeal to moderates and swing voters.  I seem to recall reading that he was shown far ahead of Marc Holtzman in a poll.

[Gabu]

Aww, now we'll never get to hear the ads that proclaim, "Hickenlooper: he's a hick and loopy!"

[nini2287]

I say the Dems chances on this went from about 60% to 40%.  It still will be a very interesting race.

[Democratic Hawk]

Democrat John Hickenlooper will not run for governor of Colorado.

http://rockymountainnews.com/drmn/government/article/0,2777,DRMN_23906_4445016,00.html

Bugger

Dave