You know it's Friday because you get the latest comments, emails, and threats from Wally's World with Wally's lame replies. We love you Wally!   

What's in a name? Well if you're Governor Ritter there is  plenty in a name, and there are plenty of names that you go by. In today's Inside Edge we look at the top ten "nick" names given to Ritter by his opponents.  

In today's Inside Edge, the Sharks and the Jets square off on fiscal policy in South Metro Denver. We don't know if singing or dancing is involved, but with names like Pfiffner and Swalm in attendance, we certainly hope not.

What's a little margin of error between candidates? In today's Inside Edge we show how one of the candidates in the 5th CD told a little fib about some polling numbers they released on May 8th. Is it desperation? Or desperately funny. You decide.

Steve Ward's candidacy in the 6th Congressional race is threatend by a non-person which will appear on the ballot: "I abstain." So while the Inside Edge has always viewed Ward as the odd-man out amongst the serious contenders in the 6th, on Saturday we could have our first statistcal proof, with delegates saying that they prefer someone not on the ballot before they prefer Ward.

Every Friday, Inside Edge answers your questions about Colorado politics. This week: a vote of support for Wil Armstrong's first venture into TV advertising, Doug Lamborn's next venture into scapegoating, and a "thriller" starring Jason Bane! 

The DSCC took another swipe at US Senate candidate Bob Schaffer today on the Mariana Islands controversy. In a press release issued today DSCC spokeman Matthew Miller rips Schaffer for allowing "human rights abuses to continue," while the Schaffer campaign manager, Dick Wadhams accused Schaffer opponent, Mark Udall, of being a hypocrite on the Mariana controversy.

Robert Thomasson replies with rather opaque details regarding his complaints we detailed in yesterday's Inside Edge column. For a guy who claims he likes transparancy, his details look rather shady to us.

From abe21.netWho in Wally World knew that computer generated invoices could fuel an internet site? Mark Scheffel knew. Or at least he should have. Once a politicker tosses his hat in the ring he better be set for someone to poke around under it for bugs and other creepy crawlies that his business activities might have spawned. Let the audits begin!

The Animal Massage Therapy lobby helped pass two crucial pieces of legislation this session. The first allowed them unfetered, unlicensed access to animals in the state and the other helped them throw the official state reptile contest to the Western Painted Turtles of Colorado, who were the undereptiles when the contest began. Beware: this unholy alliance of turtles and animal massage therapist will shortly throw their new-found weight around in Colorado.