Apparently Senator Salazar of my home state of CO will be President Elect Obama's Secretary of Interior.  He is a conservative, middle of the road type of senator and I have continually been frustrated with him (especially because our other Senator was Wayne Allard, another sort of milktoast, tow the line republican). 

So, overall I am happy that the state of CO will get a new democratic senator and I am hoping it will be someone with more fire and passion.  For once I'd like to see CO with it's own Ted Kennedy/Dick Durbin type leader in congress.  Mark Udall, our new democratic senator replacing Senator Allard, is a step forward but still not the champion, fire in the belly character I am wishing for. 

At first I thought Salazar was a weird choice for Secretary of Interior but I think that he represents PE Obama's desire to have a moderate/consersative person in this post that will most likely disappoint  or frustrate both business and environmentalists and hold the tension between competing interests pretty well.  I hope that Salazar will shine as Secretary of Interior and that this will be good for the country and a win for CO in the form of a new Senator.