Loose Ends: From the sandbox

The annual spring fling for state politics has arrived. Gubernatorial candidates are jockeying into position for the fall election. Not long after Gov. Bill Ritter announced he was not seeking re-election, sand was kicked up by possible candidates from both the Democratic and Republican parties.
The Dems wouldn’t say how they felt about the tight drilling rules instituted by Ritter, while the GOP jumped on it instantaneously. Republican McInnis had been complaining openly about the…