At 11:30 p.m. last night, Senate Republicans passed their just-unveiled US House redistricting bill on an 18-0 vote after the body's 17 Democrats walked out in protest. Attorney General Ken Salazar announced his office will fight the measure in court.

Looks like the Republicans are using the media distraction of the Denver elections to solidify their congressional hold. I now live in a solidly red 7th CD.

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"I've concluded that I do not have sufficient enthusiasm for the mechanical side of campaigning, the money, the media and the polling and so forth to go forward with a campaign," Hart said in a telephone interview.

This is disappointing. I guess I'm going to have to settle for second-best. Now I just need to figure out who that is.