Another Visit to Ken's World

The world that Colorado Senator Ken Salazar lives in is evidently getting to be very uncomfortable. The headline on my Rocky Mountain News this morning were the kind you never want to see if you are a politician. You especially don't want to see them if you are the one who has been caught having a stupid attack.

In Ken's world, popular Christian leaders, such as James Dobson of Focus on the Family, are the "Antichrist". In Ken's world, telephone calls and e-mails from the voters you represent asking you to fulfill your campaign promises is a "relentless attack." And those nasty newspapers that endorsed you writing articles calling you to task on your broken promises, don't even get Ken started on that.

In Ken's world, a two and one half year effort to filibuster judicial nominations is a time honored tradition. There aren't even word to describe two hundred plus years of giving judicial nominees who clear Committee a vote on the floor of the Senate.

As Ken has probably learned by now, James Dobson has friends, many many friends. Worse than that they write e-mails, make telephone calls, talk to their friends and vote. This is a bad combination of traits for people to have if you happen to be a name calling politician who has broken one of your most important promises, even in Ken's world.

My advice to Ken is to always stand for what you have said. Stay true to the people who brought you to the dance. Otherwise you will need to change the title on that countdown calendar you keep from "Days Until I Become Senior Senator Of Colorado" to "Days Until I Retire."