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Dem governor threatens if he loses race, he may pardon mass murderer on his way out

Johan

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Hickenlooper noted that some other candidates are saying "Elect me and I will kill this guy". Then he's taking this argument of from them by saying "This won't happen, even if you elect them, they won't be able to kill him 'cause I would make sure it would be impossible."
Campaigning ocver promises to kill a guy, even a criminal, is disgusting and wath Hickenlooper is saying is a clever answer to this, a way to take that argument off table from the Republicans.
 

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The candidate may have made that statement... here are current stats:

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A new poll from Quinnipiac University still shows Republican challenger Bob Beauprez in the lead, but Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper has closed the gap among women and independent voters and his favorability ratings have improved.

The poll, released Wednesday, revealed Colorado voters favor Beauprez over Hickenlooper 46 percent to 42 percent, a change from last month when Quinnipiac tracked a 10-point lead for the Republican.

"After seeming to waver in our last survey, women and independent voters pull Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper back from the abyss and reinvigorate a race that's very close," said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University poll.

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I can't believe the man would say he would just let a convicted man - let alone a "mass murderer" go free, just to spite people. I rather believe he would rather save his life than allowing for other candidates to have him killed. I would do that, too.
 
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