John Kerry

You’re a good worker but your heart rate and blood sugar are high. Sorry, according to the provisions of the Senate health care bill, your employer could charge you thousands of dollars per year for those preexisting conditions, at least according to a long list of analysts looking at the bill.

Roll Call posted its list of the 50 richest members of Congress. Eleven freshman members made the list. Number six? Our own Boulder web-millionaire, Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared “big bucks” Polis, worth a recession-shrunk conservatively estimated $71 million.

The gloves came off. A line was drawn in the sand.

While the first night of the Democratic National Convention was about family, and the second night emphasized party unity, then the third night is best described as a political beat down.

The list of Democratic heavyweights included President Bill Clinton, John Kerry and Barack Obama’s new running mate Sen. Joe Biden. All three attacked the Republican Party, John McCain and America’s current direction.

John Kerry came out swinging hard on behalf of Sen. Barack Obama Wednesday night, countering many of the Republican attacks that he failed to aggressively defend himself against four years ago.