Polis is an embarrassing rich guy who has under-performed every race he's run in. Pass.
Yeah this article is a puff-piece, and coming from a conservative paper it makes me think that the Gazette owners are trying to push a competitive primary to try and hobble the one Democrat they can't beat fair and square--Perlmutter.
They talk about Jared over performing in a "competitive district," which is simply not true. CO-2 is a D+9 district with two college towns as its main population hubs.
Polis is the worst of neoliberal Democrats, voting for offshore tax havens that he himself probably benefits from. Polis is the worst of pro-Israel Democrats, voting to ban Syrian refugees. He votes like he represents Highlands Ranch when he represents Boulder. And now, I'm sure, he's going to try and brand himself as the progressive alternative to Perlmutter. I hope voters see through his BS just like they'll see through Johnston's.
Finally, if Polis wins somehow, this race moves from Likely D to Tossup (or even Lean R) immediately. He's a PR consultant (which incidentally is what I do in CO) nightmare. He is gay, but dresses and looks like a bachelor HS math teacher. He is a leftwing bomb thrower, but actually very neoliberal in his positions. He is a millionaire who mostly inherited his wealth. He represents one of the most educated counties in the nation, and has trouble articulating even basic ideas. If any of you live in Colorado, I beseech you do not nominate this guy.
