The Denver Post says that Ken Salazar has accepted Obama's offer to become interior secretary . Although Salazar has been considered too conservative by some, he has been generally friendly to GLBT positions (which has little to do with Secretary of the Interior, but we take allies where we can get them--and we love the idea that a guy from Colorado, who knows national parks and natural wonders and the importance of preserving them, will be overseeing the mess that the house of Bush made).
And his appointment looks to stir up the Senate seat that he is vacating, with Mayor John Hickenlooper and Rep. Diana DeGette (pictured), among others, listed as potential replacements to serve out his term, which runs until 2010. No GLBT-friendlier people could you find than these two. Other possibilities, including Ed Perlmutter and Andrew Romanoff, are also GLBT-friendly. It seems like, no matter who Gov. Ritter chooses for the vacant seat, our community will have two Colorado senators who support our causes.
