"He’s now officially Senator Mark Udall. The Democrat, who was often labeled “Boulder liberal” during his campaign, was greeted by an old friend yesterday in D.C., Republican Senator John McCain from Arizona, who knew Udall’s dad, Morris K. Udall, when he was a congressman in that state. That’s according to the Rocky Mountain News, which noted the changing of the political guard yesterday on Capitol Hill."

"For the most part, Colorado Public Radio's recent conversation with Wayne Allard doesn't exactly qualify as scintillating: big surprise. But Mike Saccone of Grand Junction's Daily Sentinel, whose "Political Notebook" feature qualifies as one of the better political blogs in the state, zeroed in on some of his more telling comments. At one point, Allard said that he wound up on a 2006 Time list of the nation's worst legislators because he tends not to make a big deal about his victories.

Jay Marvin blasted Senator-elect Mark Udall in a blog post dated December 6th, 2008. Less than 36 hours later, the blog post was removed. Here's the text.

"Even before the election I dropped hints on the air I wasn’t happy with Congressman, now Senator elect Mark Udall.

So what’s the beef?

When I first got to AM760 most progressive pols ignored my show. The only two who would give of their time were Mark Udall and Bill Ritter, who later went on to be Governor."

"How can anybody who cares about the economy, which is obviously by far the most important issue of this election, vote for Mark Udall? Congressman Udall has no understanding of economics, and almost everything he thinks he knows is wrong. Bob Schaffer has a deep understanding of economics (in part because he, unlike Mark Udall, has worked in the private sector including starting his own company) and is far more qualified to be our next senator, particularly during such difficult economic times.