Romanoff vs. Mitchell: A tale of two parties

On the Aaron Harbor Show last night, four Colorado politicians were asked, "If you could get one piece of legislation passed next year, what would it be?"

Democrat House Speaker Andrew Romanoff chose healthcare. What we have now isn't working, we need a new system, and so on. Inspirational, but a bit vague. (Perhaps Andrew is planning a run for some higher office?)

Democrat State Repr. Bernie Buescher said something so sensible, everybody instantly agreed with him. And so wonky, it flew completely over my head.

Republican State Repr. Nancy Spence dredged up her failed school voucher program from a couple years back.

And Republican State Sen. Shawn Mitchell, even when given extra time, couldn't come up with a single bill he wanted to pass. He claimed he was too focused on defeating the Democratic agenda to have one of his own.

Now, let's think back to 2004. I had many Republicans tell me, "The Dems have no new ideas. They're not for anything. They're just anti-Bush." It was a lie then. And it's a lie now. The Dems are putting forth inspirational, bipartisan, common-sense new proposals. While the Republicans spew hatred and keep hammering on failed ideas from the past. The proof was on Channel 12 last night.