Hickenlooper campaign in shambles

[DonViejo]

By ALEX THOMPSON and NOLAN D. MCCASKILL 07/02/2019 01:00 PM EDT

Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper’s senior team urged him last month to withdraw from the presidential race gracefully and run for Colorado’s Senate seat or pursue other opportunities, a source familiar with the situation told POLITICO.

The source said that the campaign only has about 13,000 donors, making it almost impossible to qualify for the next round of presidential debates in the fall. The campaign also only raised just over $1 million in the second quarter — about what he raised in the first 48 hours of his candidacy — and will likely run out of money completely in about a month.

At least five staffers have left or are leaving Hickenlooper’s struggling operation, including his campaign manager, communications director, digital director and finance director. Hickenlooper named a new campaign manager on Monday night.

Hickenlooper publicly blamed his former staff Tuesday for his failure to gain traction in the crowded Democratic primary.

more
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/02/hickenlooper-2020-campaign-1395051

“We thought it was time to make a change,” he told MSNBC’s Craig Melvin. “You know, these campaigns are long, hard campaigns and you don’t always get it right with the first team.”

[irisblue]

1. That guy sucks up with John Kasich.

👋👋

[Dopers_Greed]

2. Maybe he'll start accusing other Dems of being racist

[msongs]

3. nobody wants me and its everyone else's fault nt

[Grins]

4. I wrote him off early, said he "can bring people together on the other side"

Full quote:

"I am the person that can bring people together on the other side and actually get stuff done."

Totally oblivious to what happened during the eight years between 20 January 2009 and 19 January 2017 when "that man" was in Ronald Reagan's very White House. He's a Susan Collins light.

[JI7]

5. im actually kind of surprised he was able to raise a million within 48 hours

when he announced. i know others have raised more but for him it seems more than i would have thought.

[PunkinPi]

6. He should listen to his senior team and run for senate.

We need to take back the senate, and there are a few others that need to do the same post haste.

[liskddksil]

7. Or we could support the fantastic candidates already running

MJ Heger - TX
https://www.mjfortexas.com/

Andrew Romanoff - CO
https://andrewromanoff.com/

Sara Gideon - ME
https://speakergideon.com/

Cal Cunningham - NC
https://www.calfornc.com/

Theresa Greenfield - IA
https://greenfieldforiowa.com/

Mark Kelly - AZ
https://markkelly.com/

Wilmot Collins - MT
https://wilmotcollins.com/

[PunkinPi]

9. They aren't mutually exclusive and I would support the dem in any general election, of course in...

a primary, sometimes you have a choice. I don't know much about Romanoff, since I'm not in CO (thanks for the link) and only know Hickenlooper from his presidential bid, but we need Gardner's seat.

[DavidDvorkin]

8. There are better candidates running for the CO senate seat

Romanoff is my favorite.

[PunkinPi]

10. As I just posted above, I'm not in CO, so I hadn't heard of Romanoff. nt

[dalton99a]

11. "publicly blamed his former staff for his failure"

thus ensuring that nobody will want to work for him

What a jerk boss

[bluewater]

14. Not a good look.

[cwydro]

12. But, but, we have a "well connected" DUer who was a big fan of his!

However, I’ve noticed that DUer has changed his preference.