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I am ashamed of some of Democrats in my own party.

I am, you know, a Democrat through and through. I've always voted Democratic. You know, that is where my heart lies.

I was not a Democrat; I was an independent. Here's the thing: You can't win that way. But I didn't know that.

But I'm not a member of the Democratic Party. If you know anything about me, anybody who's followed me, I'm the anti-Democrat. I have railed against the Democrats for a long time.

There's an old saying in politics: You never run the same race twice. Democrats are running the same race three, four, five times. It's an old ploy, and Coloradans see through it.

I think if you run away from who you are, that you're a Democrat and you're proud to be a Democrat, it's foolish. And the reason it's foolish is you've got a lot to be proud of.

I am a Democrat. I have been one all of my life.

I'm a liberal Democrat, and I state that proudly.

I've been a Democrat all my life.

I didn't realize that running as an independent would be perceived as a threat to the Democrats.