Dean calls his shot in Colorado

Happy Wednesday, everybody. There is much to discuss today, from Owens' new budget to my experiences at a Democratic kickoff event last night. Unfortunately, I am going to be in meetings most of the morning. So until lunchtime, I will leave you with this tidbit: Last night, DNC Chair Howard Dean went out of his way to predict that Colorado would vote for the Democratic presidential nominee in 2008.

Right now, there is a Colorado Republican precinct leader tacking that quote up on the war room wall.