I spend two lousy days offline and Colorado goes haywire

I really thought I could take a two-day business trip without losing track of Colorado politics. I was wrong. In 48 hours retiring Republican Joel Hefley sent shockwaves through the CD5 race, Diana DeGette entered the blogosphere, Both Ways Bob Beauprez slandered the African-American community, Ken Salazar called for Rummy's head, Republicans and Democrats joined together to ask Gigi Dennis to quit trying to rig the election, and Bill Ritter spoke up for the states' rights that the U.S. Congress and Bush administration continue to trample.

I mean, sheesh.