Fogdog
Well-Known Member
I have no oar in these waters. I'll just watch and hope Hickenlooper wins. I expect he will. Bernie's so-called Progressives on the left showed no presence in the Colorado primary yet they are claiming their inaction will decide the general election for CO's Senator. If their guy couldn't win the primary, why do they think he'd be the one to beat Gardner in the fall?
www.huffpost.com
John Hickenlooper, a moderate and self-proclaimed pragmatist, sailed through the Colorado Democratic Senate primary on Tuesday without much of a fight from the progressive left. That, progressive advocates say, may be what tanks their best chance this year of gaining another voice and strong support for their agenda in the Senate.
Hickenlooper, the popular former governor and failed 2020 presidential candidate, routed Andrew Romanoff, the former state House speaker who ran firmly to Hickenlooper’s left, in the race to take on Republican Sen. Cory Gardner in November’s election. Gardner is among this cycle’s most vulnerable GOP incumbents, meaning the Democratic primary presented the opportunity for progressives to place an ally in the Senate.
But in letting Hickenlooper claim the nomination with a margin of close to 20 percentage points, they lost any hope of having a candidate who might actually rally around some of their biggest policy ideas, including the Green New Deal and “Medicare for All.”
The "Progressive Left" lost by a whopping large margin and somehow claim their issues were all important to winning in November.
How does that work?
In Colorado, Progressives Had A Chance At Real Power. They Let It Go.
John Hickenlooper swept the Democratic Senate nomination with little fight from the left.
John Hickenlooper, a moderate and self-proclaimed pragmatist, sailed through the Colorado Democratic Senate primary on Tuesday without much of a fight from the progressive left. That, progressive advocates say, may be what tanks their best chance this year of gaining another voice and strong support for their agenda in the Senate.
Hickenlooper, the popular former governor and failed 2020 presidential candidate, routed Andrew Romanoff, the former state House speaker who ran firmly to Hickenlooper’s left, in the race to take on Republican Sen. Cory Gardner in November’s election. Gardner is among this cycle’s most vulnerable GOP incumbents, meaning the Democratic primary presented the opportunity for progressives to place an ally in the Senate.
But in letting Hickenlooper claim the nomination with a margin of close to 20 percentage points, they lost any hope of having a candidate who might actually rally around some of their biggest policy ideas, including the Green New Deal and “Medicare for All.”
The "Progressive Left" lost by a whopping large margin and somehow claim their issues were all important to winning in November.
How does that work?
