OUR VIEW: If Hancock is pro-Life and believes that intelligent design should be taught, then why doesn't he just say so? If he did, he'd probably eat into Romer's GOP support. But by taking both sides in the short space of two hours Hancock is going to succeed in making everyone mad. Pro-Life/Creationists don't like a flip-flopper any more than a pro-choice/evolutionist.

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Nothing is more lethal to a politician than the appearance that you do not know what you believe. Even worse is the appearance that you do not really believe in much at all.

Some variation of the two scenarios is the image that is starting to appear about Michael Hancock.

Recall last week he went back and forth on whether he was pro-choice or not.

As the Denver Post reports, Hancock got caught in another Big Bang of a flip-flop on whether he believes creationism and intelligent design should be taught in schools.

The answer for Hancock: yes, it should, followed by an amendment two hours later…no, I do not believe it should. From the Denver Post's Anthony Cotton:

Afterwards, a number of audience members approached Hancock on stage for an informal discussion, which evolved to his answer to the question. The citizens wanted Hancock to know that creationism, in their opinion, was just a way for public schools to teach religion in the classroom. When a woman tried to make the point even more forcefully by raising her voice, Hancock replied, “I’m right here, you don’t have to yell.”  

The discussion concluded amiably, with Hancock thanking the group, saying that he “learned something” from the conversation. About two hours later, the campaign issued a release regarding the forum and the question, saying he had misunderstood the question.

Hancock's statement that he "learned something" is a little silly. Had he never thought through what he believes on education curriculum? For a guy who ran one of the best ads on education we've seen in a while, that's a little hard to believe.

If Hancock is pro-Life and believes that intelligent design should be taught, then why doesn't he just say so? If he did, he'd probably eat into Romer's GOP support. But by taking both sides in the short space of two hours Hancock is going to succeed in making everyone mad. Pro-Life/Creationists don't like a flip-flopper any more than a pro-choice/evolutionist.

It is more than entertaining to watch a couple of Democrats spend the Mayoral race so fixated on social issues. We thought it was Republicans who had a fetish for internal fights over social matters?  Hmmmm…

In any case, while the issues themselves are not very important unto themselves, when a candidate flip-flops all over the board you have to sort of wonder.

And about Michael Hancock, we now do wonder a lot.