[2]Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ken Buck (left) may have savvy political consultant Walt Klein, the Jane Norton "killer," [3] by his side. But his opponent, Democratic U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, won the day yesterday by sending the media, including us journos here at 5280, a press release entitled "Ken Buck's Day (Year) Off." The release, which slams Buck in his fiscally conservative wallet, claims that the Weld County district attorney "owes taxpayers $60,038 for missing nearly one-third of work days to campaign." [4]The release goes on to state that he also missed 113 days of work while on the road. Buck, who earns $140,000 a year, at least partly relents to the criticism, telling The Greeley Tribune [5] he will return his salary to the county for the next two months---September and October ($23,333)---while he campaigns. "Campaigning for the United States Senate is a time-consuming endeavor, and I believe it appropriate to return my salary to the Weld County taxpayers," Buck writes. His campaign spokesman, Owen Loftus, also weighs in, telling The Denver Post [6], "Most of Ken's events take place on nights and weekends." Meanwhile, the Post [7] "fact checks" a television ad paid for by Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies, a 501(c)(4), which claims, "Since his appointment, Michael Bennet has voted to spend an average of $2.5 billion every day." The paper finds that the numbers add up, but it also breaks them down for readers to see where, exactly, that money is going.