Honestly, I kinda wish Obama would appoint Ken Salazar to something...

[liberalpragmatist]

... then we can get him out of the Senate and get someone like John Hickenlooper (the awesome, progressive, geologist-turned-microbrewer-turned-mayor-of-Denver) in that seat.

Given how blue Colorado has quickly become and given that the state just elected the progressive Mark Udall to the other seat, I wish we could get a more progressive (and all around more impressive) senator than Salazar.

Note: I'm not into purity contests, but it just seems like Salazar is way more conservative that he needs to be for the state -- nor has he really distinguished himself in other ways that could compensate for being more ideologically centrist.

[DavidDvorkin]

1. I agree

I live in Denver and would be glad to have a real progressive replace Salazar.

DeGette would be a possibility.

[backscatter712]

2. Yeah, his support of Lieberman is only the lastest thing he did that pisses me off.

I'm getting fed up with Ken Nighthorse Salazar.

[DevonRex]

4. Me too. Almost as much as traitor Campbell. So Nighthorse Salazar

is a really good name for him. I had such high hopes, too. Oh well.

[DevonRex]

3. I'll all for that. He's been pretty useless as far as I'm concerned.

And he even wants Lieberman to keep his chairmanship. Yuk.

[kstewart33]

5. Here in Denver, he remains very popular.

He's a centrist, and his profile reflects the majority of the public in Colorado, at least at this point.