Sometimes a look back into the recent past can help glean some important insights into the present. Such is the case with Colorado politics and the potential slate of candidates to replace Governor Bill Ritter as the 2010 Democratic nominee for the state’s chief executive. Do you remember a little over a year ago when so many Democrats were angling for now-lame duck Ritter’s appointment to the U.S. Senate?
Like liberal Denver Democrat Congresswoman Diana DeGette — who has a lifetime American Conservative Union rating of 3.64 out of 100, lower than Barack Obama. In December 2008 she told the Denver Post that mayor and prospective gubernatorial candidate John Hickenlooper is “probably at least as liberal as me”:
DeGette also said it’s about time Colorado elected a governor or U.S. Senator who was a woman. But a year can change so much. Here’s guessing she isn’t supporting Jane Norton, however.
My only comfort is that DeGette is as thick as a brick.