As you must know, I have tremendous respect for your talent, experience, motivation, and heart. I’m grateful you made it through this rocky stage, and I will push your candidacy at every turn, with enthusiasm. I think maybe we Democrats had a bit of a crisis of self-confidence, to the point where the planning committee (BCDP?) didn’t allow to hope for the masses to descend again, good folks scared to death of what would happen to our beloved country under Rubio, Cruz, or (gasp! so hard even to think it) Trump, and willing to get up off the couch and do something about it. We (Colorado Democrats, Colorado citizens, Colorado non-citizens, the World) need your talents, whether in Boulder City Council or the State House. Your talents, Angelique, and your talents, Gentle Reader. We need a system that can put ALL of that good energy and good intention to good use.

(Sorry. My two cents seem to turn somehow into a quarter.)