The Hickenlooper shuffle marches on. Up now is the proposed death penalty overturn, which has Hick scared he might be letting legislative Democrats drag his agenda too far leftwards without doing enough polling to make sure he won’t see political blowback.
He has raised the possibility of a veto with Democrats in a bid to get them to kill the bill. More than the death of the bill, what Hick really wants is more time to put his finger to the political winds.
As he told The Denver Post:
“At least the last time I was out there it seemed like a pretty significant majority of people still favored the death penalty,” Hickenlooper said. “I think it’s worth a little more discussion before we mail in the votes, as it were.”
This has become the common thread among all of Hickenlooper’s decisions on controversial issues. Leadership by polling.
Classic @hickforco quote to @brandonrittiman today: “I try to hear all sides before I know what I believe.” #copolitics #coleg
— Kyle Clark (@KyleClark) March 4, 2013
We got tired of this style of leadership long ago, but it appears even high profile Democrats are willing to slam the Guv over it now.
One of the bill’s sponsors, Rep. Jovan Melton (D-Aurora), is calling Hick’s bluff:
“We’re not going to pull back at all. It’s a decision the governor’s going to have to make when it arrives at his desk,” Melton said Thursday.
In an even more high profile rebuke, the possible Democrat nominee for Attorney General in 2014, Stan Garnett, who would become Hickenlooper’s lawyer should he win, took a shot straight at the Governor himself:
Boulder County District Attorney Stan Garnett, the Democratic nominee for attorney general in 2010, on Facebook called Hickenlooper’s idea of vetoing the measure a “shame.”
“Many committed Democrats risked their careers on this important effort. We need to do the right thing while we can, and can’t always have our fingers in the air, testing the political winds,” wrote Garnett.
Guess Hick’s aw-shucks, let me check the latest polls before I make up mind style of leadership is now getting old to everyone.
"The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral.
crisis." Dante.
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Death penalty is a peripheral issue to disarming the people. They're just keeping their eye on the steak and not the peas.
Thanks for checking!
There are about 80-90 signatures on the list that got duped into signing the NRA bill after they sign the Recall one… Maybe just a warning to those not familiar with Change.Org not to hit any pop ups.
Jame, I clicked on the Facebook page "Recall Senator John Morse" it has the link in it in several places and they both took me to the Hickenlooper you won't get my vote and there is 6025 signatures: https://www.change.org/petitions/governor-hickenlooper-you-do-not-have-my-vote-in-2014?utm_campaign=action_box&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=share_petition
Jame, I wll take a look at it to see what is going on!
Craig… on your posts to sign recall hickenlooper, it takes you automatically to sign Stand Up To The NRA. If you look at that Change.Org petition, you will see many of us were signed up on it in error. There is something wrong there, popping that anti gun rights petition.
DEMOCRATIC LOGIC! DON'T LEAD, FOLLOW! WHERE IS THE POLL HE RAN ON GUN CONTROL? THIS IS THE TYPE OF POLITICIAN WE DON'T NEED!!! THE DEATH OF TOM CLEMENTS IS A GOOD STATEMENT WHY GUN CONTROL LAWS DON'T WORK! HAY, YOU DEMOCRATS THAT VOTED FOR THOSE GUN CONTROL LAWS SHOULD BE HELD PARTIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR TOM'S KILLING! WHERE ARE THE WARRANTS!
I thought all these laws were supposed to stop felons from getting guns!! Oh wait a minute that only stops law abiding people!
These are NOT political winds. Lets be honest for a change; the Dems want to overturn what the people of Colorado voted in favor of. (Once More)
The Karla post was from Michael Brown not Karla. Sorry for any confusion.
Hick bought and paid for by both east and west coast libs that want control. Born and raised in CO will do my best not to hunt, fish, or purchase goods from any business that resides in the ONCE GREAT STATE OF COLORADO. Will do all I can to discourage anyone from spending one dime in Calirado.
Plus it looks like it was a paroled felon who killed Tom Clements. What was a parolee doing with a firearm??? And who believes this punk would go through a background check to buy a black market weapon???
He is an idiot, I think he has been around long enough not to have so much trust in those commies!
Why didn't he worry about the same thing with gun control? Flippin idiot!