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Hickenlooper can throw one hell of a party

Last night the Mayor returned to his old haunt the Wynkoop Brewery to throw a huge Convention bash featuring local band and rising national sensation the Flobots. While the crowd might have been a little, well, old for the hip-hop beats, the event drew a broad range of Colorado politicos, including Pueblo sensations Ken Lane and Sal Pace, former CO Dem Party Chair Chris Gates, former CO first lady for Dottie Lamm (the first candidate I ever worked for) and her daughter Heather, Host Committee COO Paul Lhevine, and a whole host of others that I’m just not important enough to know personally.

Read more of Jeff's commentaries: • Protesters police and bigots invade dncThanks for turning my city into a fortress'Saturday Night Fever' at the DNC • C-SPAN tricks its rideI love me some Police State’n, yeah!

‘Saturday Night Fever’ at the DNC

While the convention didn’t technically kick off until today’s DNC Interfaith Gathering, that didn’t stop conventioneers from throwing a few parties Saturday night. Read more of Jeff's commentaries: • C-SPAN tricks its rideI love me some Police State’n, yeah! Beware 'bomb-throwing Bolsheviks on bicycles'Markey touts economic plan, biz experience in new adMy crystal ball on Obama’s VP pick