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So far, Democrats seem happy with Denver, which is good news for Mayor John Hickenlooper , who will address delegates tonight.  The mayor is expected to give a generic welcome address and not say anything overtly partisan.  He’ll give national Democrats no reason to like or dislike him. 

Some TV commercials from the 2008 House primaries:

Six years after losing a race for Governor, the venerable Rollie Heath is headed to public office.  The 70-year-old retired Boulder businessman scored a 56%-44% victory over Cindy Carlisle to win the Democratic nomination for State Senate.  There is no Republican candidate for the seat being vacated by term-limited state Sen. Ron Tupa.  

With a New Year dawning tomorrow, there will be 366 new days (one extra because of leap year) for politicians to cause mischief and mayhem in the state of Colorado. Therefore the Inside Edge has offered ten lucky politicians ten resolutions to make for the New Year to limit the carnage and confusion in Colorado in 2008.

1) Congressman Doug Lamborn: “I hereby resolve that in 2008 I will not leave angry voice mail messages on any constituents’ phone no matter how true their charges are against me, even if those charges are published in a widely-read thought-journal with vast circulation like the Woodmen Edition. Instead I’ll just send hate mail.”

2) Former Jefferson County Treasurer Mark Paschall:

3) Secretary of State Mike Coffman:

4) State Senator Thomas Wiens: “I hereby resolve that in 2008 I will actually run for a political office that I’ve talked about.”

5) U.S. Senate candidate Bob Schaffer:

6) Governor Bill Ritter:

7) U.S. Senate Candidate, Congressman Mark Udall:

8) State Senator Ken Gordon:

9) Colorado County Clerks and Recorders:

10) Political Consultant, Sean Tonner: “I hereby resolve that in 2008 I’ll stop hurting my clients with my political advice, like I did with Coors, Owens, Trailhead, Beauprez, Coffman. Wow. That’s a pretty sorry record. Maybe I should resolve to stop working in politics all together?”