John Hickenlooper is an officeholder and a politician and yet he is well liked among the public. According to
a survey conducted by Public Policy Polling last weekend, Colorado's Democratic governor garners a 54 percent approval rating and only a 24 percent disapproval rating, a remarkable 30 point spread. Democrats love him, independents love him and Republicans think he's OK. In other words, Hickenlooper is an odd fish, the
Greenback Cutthroat Trout of 2011 U.S. politics, a compellingly strange-looking and endangered species.