"Speculation has already started on the subject of who will succeed Dick Wadhams.

I like Dick Wadhams. Anyone running against him in El Paso County loses my vote from the outset. Dick Wadhams took a party that was $500,000 in the hole and made it solvent at a time when too many people with money dislike Republicans.

"When last I saw Mary Smith, she was sitting on the patio outside Lime XS on Sixth Avenue, demonstrating how easy it is to imitate Sarah Palin with a borrowed pair of glasses, a ponytail and some lipstick. Chairwoman of the Denver Republican Party, Smith is also the town's funniest -- and most fun -- Republican.

And yesterday, when the real Palin came to Jeffco, Smith took her show on the road, guesting on Red Eye, Fox's late-night (airing here at 1 a.m.) show hosted by Greg Gutfeld and aimed at insomniac conservatives with an eye for the off-color."