KEN SALAZAR'S EXIT STRATEGY?: While many politicians have yet to start thinking about their plans for 2010 and 2012, Ken Salazar might be more of a long-term thinker. Some Colorado Democrats are convinced that regardless of the outcome of the 2010 gubernatorial contest, Ken Salazar will end up being the 2014 nominee. Whether these rumors are coming from solid indications from the newly-minted Secretary of the Interior or from the paranoid delusions of Mike Miles supporters is debatable.

LEONDRAY GHOLSTON'S STATE VICE CHAIR CAMPAIGN LAUNCHES SITE: Leondray Gholston, one of the candidates for Vice Chair of the Colorado Republican Party, has launched a website making his case. He will face off against Perry Buck for the slot in March.