"Taking shots at Vice President Dick Cheney might seem more like a page out of a liberal strategy book, but state Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Yuma, did just that in a statement sent out to the press today.

Here’s what Gardner said: “In the re-districting decision, the Court actually defined itself as a legislating body, reminiscent of Vice President Dick Cheney’s assertion that the Executive role of the Vice President is also part of the Legislative.

"Michael Bennet grew up in Washington, D.C.. He is the product of Ivy League colleges and private preparatory schools. His father served in both the Carter and Clinton administrations. There is little indication he stepped foot in Colorado prior to 1997.

"The Denver Post's William Porter thinks it's "good news" that Colorado's minimum wage is going up in this time of economic trouble. But the effect of wage controls is to throw some people out of work, in this case some of those with the least experience trying to gain a foothold in the job market.

This past Wednesday I lamented the automatic increase in Colorado's minimum wage. Yesterday I discussed some aspects of wage controls during the Great Depression. Here I discuss more of the background of wage controls as reviewed by Burton Folsom in his book, New Deal or Raw Deal?"

"Today’s Denver Post provides the news that one of my New Year’s Day predictions was wrong. Bill Ritter will run for reelection in 2010.

Who could have guessed?

The article has some interesting quotes:

"On the average voter level, [ Bill ] Ritter is not in all that bad a shape," [ Floyd ] Ciruli said. "I think his problem is with the 'attentive public,' and that includes his own party."

"RMR posits a variety of plausible theories on the nature of the Bennet appointment by Gov. "Blue Ribbon" Bill Ritter. The reaction from both sides is complete bafflement--both GOP State Chair Dick Wadhams and the folks at ColoradoPols are in the WTF? boat. Other reactions include everything from Bennet as "dark horse superstar" to the harbinger of a new age of political aristocracy in America.

The only constant: that the appointment is risky, especially given the failure rate of appointees to be elected on their own in subsequent elections."