Out-of-Touch: CU Democrat Regents and Boulder Liberal Mark Udall

On a slow news day for the U.S. Senate campaign, attention turns to Rep. Mark Udall's hometown of Boulder, where partisan Democrat regents followed the lead of Left-wing smear groups and voted to deny Bruce Benson the job of University of Colorado president. Fortunately for common sense and the university's fiscal situation, the 6 Republican regents overrode their votes and confirmed Benson.

With this story emerging to show us once again just how out of touch the students and faculty (and the Democrat regents) on the Boulder campus are with mainstream Colorado, we're reminded of Udall's Boulder roots and affinity. After all, his campaign has pretty much resigned itself to the "Boulder liberal" moniker.

If he were really comfortable with the label, though, we might expect Udall to open his mouth to answer any questions about Bruce Benson and the University of Colorado. But we don't see that happening for awhile.

In The Hands of the Environmentalists

We can all sleep well tonight knowing that Governor Bill Ritter has been meeting privately with climate activists and that we will soon have a 70 point plan. When Ritter ran for Governor, he ran on "the Colorado Promise." He appears to have made a lot of promises that he didn't tell us about.

Keep in mind that no one in the Democrat party, the msm, or the liberal blogosphere has ever claimed that Mark Udall is as "moderate" or "centrist" (if those are the words) as Ritter.

The Denver Post reports:

Scientific projections show Colorado needs a goal at least as aggressive as New Jersey's or California's, said Lisa Dilling, a professor and climate researcher at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

The governor's policy announcement will follow a 70-point plan released last week by three Front Range mayors as part of the Colorado Climate Project.