The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. Sign up today!
President Barack Obama’s signing of the stimulus yesterday was laden with politics, as Politico points out, as he pitches the stimulus in “states that are crucial to Democratic political victories past and future.”
Meanwhile, Republican leaders in Denver protested, as Jeremy Pelzer, 5280’s new politics blogger, writes.
That's only $1 per issue!
There were plenty of theatrics, including some by conservative columnist Michelle Malkin, who stabbed at a roasted pig, according to Westword.
The GOP’s Bob Beauprez (pictured), who is considering a run against Governor Bill Ritter or U.S. Senator Michael Bennet in 2010, writes on his blog that Obama’s lecture on “fiscal discipline” is “like an alcoholic explaining the virtue of sobriety as he tosses another empty bottle over his shoulder.”
Read Obama’s remarks for yourself via The New York Times.
