After two terms in the Senate that have been distinguished primarily by being indistinguishable from having a party-line-voting log in the same position, Ben Nighthorse Campbell (CO-R) is retiring. This makes me happy because Campbell was one of my Senators and this gives me a chance to vote in a representative of Colorado that doesn’t make the state look like bunch of backwards jackasses. (Because, really, Marilyn Musgrave hasn’t exactly given Colorado a good name.)
If Bill Owens runs in the seat, it may well be in the bag, but there’s a chance he might and there’s a chance that some of the Democrats who passed up on the chance to run earlier in the year will reconsider. Looks like we’ll just have to see how things turn out, eh?.
I’ve never forgiven Campbell: I voted for him as a Democrat, dammit, NOT a Republican. He never even gave compelling reason for the switch. And he has been totally unremarkable as a Senator. He’s done nothing with the position he had (particularly not for Native Americans — he pissed away a unique oppurtunity, there).
Oooh, but he wears ‘bolo ties.’ Wow.
Good riddance — I’ll be glad to try and get a decent Democrat to represent the fine state of Colorado in that seat.