Hickenlooper wants changes after Roe v. Wade ruling

• "This is where you begin looking at options, but I haven't gotten there yet," Hickenlooper said, ruling out the idea after previously avoiding a definitive answer.

Instead he is thinking beyond the court to "level out" the extreme partisan reflexes in Washington, D.C. He endorsed ranked-choice voting, and said he's looking at other changes to how Americans vote.

• Referring to social media, he said "we are letting those influences go unabated, untethered, unrestrained into this old way of deciding who gets elected."

Yes, but: Even Hickenlooper acknowledged he's not sure his forthcoming ideas will work.

Context: In December, he endorsed changes to end the filibuster rule in the U.S. Senate to allow legislation to pass by a simple majority, staking out ground on an issue he refused to fully address during his 2020 campaign.

The intrigue: Since the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision, Hickenlooper told an audience at Tattered Cover on Sunday that he's repeatedly asked to take action to counter the ruling.

• His answer: "What we've got to do is win elections. And we have not done a good enough job winning elections in all the states."