Romanoff tackles water rights
House Speaker Andrew Romanoff "starts with the premise that what we're doing isn't working" quite a bit. He used those words to describe healthcare not too long ago. And now he's talking about water rights in the Post.
Romanoff is in front of the movement to create a Front Range authority to help drive down the cost of water. This effort will introduce Romanoff to quite a few suburban voters. And, like healthcare, water is an important, bipartisan issue. So Romanoff raises his profile and helps Colorado citizens at the same time. That's just good politics. Say Andrew, ever considered running for, oh, I don't know, governor?
Romanoff is in front of the movement to create a Front Range authority to help drive down the cost of water. This effort will introduce Romanoff to quite a few suburban voters. And, like healthcare, water is an important, bipartisan issue. So Romanoff raises his profile and helps Colorado citizens at the same time. That's just good politics. Say Andrew, ever considered running for, oh, I don't know, governor?
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Romanoff spoke throughout the state to many groups supporting Ref. C&D and in the process raised his profile among Dems. That plus his ability to articulate on the correct side of the issues would tip the primary his way if he chooses to run. But, it's all about timing. If he runs and does not win it would be a serious blow to a great political career. Only Romanoff can decide. It's all about timing, but it's time he decides in or out.
I suspect Romanoff would be better off to stay out at this time. He has very little name recognition outside of the tiny minority who pay attention to state politics. As for C&D raising his profile, most voters barely knew the basics of C&D, much less the names of people at Romanoff's level who worked on it. We need a name at least as big as Ritter's, though I just love the name "Hickenlooper". It sounds like something out of a superman comic book! Too bad he won't make up his mind to take the plunge.
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