Hickenlooper wearing out his supporters

On November 25, I told Jay Marvin's listeners that I thought it was high time for Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper to decide if he was interested in the governor's race. On December 17, I wrote that I was getting sick of his waffling. Today it looks like the Denver Post agrees with me. And it doesn't sound like Hickenlooper will announce a decision this week. He is in Washington, D.C. for the U.S. Conference of Mayors.

My main gripe? Hickenlooper's stalling may be hurting Democrat Bill Ritter's campaign. In the Post, Bob Loevy, a political science professor at Colorado College, said, "He is harming Bill Ritter's candidacy... and really owes it to the Democrats and Ritter to put himself in or out of the race by the precinct caucuses."

The precinct caucuses? That's the end of March! Bob Beauprez is campaigning fulltime and Marc Holtzman has offended 85% of Colorado already. The Democratic candidates need to get moving now.