Extra! Nov. 20

Rocky Mountain News

Published November 20, 2008 at 12:05 a.m.

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SORE LOSER

Ousted Colorado Rep. Marilyn Musgrave is making national headlines - and not the good kind. Under the headline "Nobody Likes a Sore Loser. Even in Washington," Musgrave scored a withering 78 ranking - approaching "utterly shameless" - on Newsweek's The Dignity Index, described as a survey of "dubious behavior that measures, on a scale of 1 to 100, just how low you can go."

Why she got zinged:

* Musgrave has yet to congratulate her Democratic opponent, Betsy Markey, on her victory.

* Musgrave has yet to formally concede the race.

* And according to Politico.com, it's rumored that she hasn't even yet thanked her campaign staff.

WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE

"Back then, he thought I was some kind of communist demon, that our American system of governance would end if I were elected. But everybody gets over everything, and he and I have since become friendly."

Denver City Councilman Chris Nevitt, when discussing his new relationship with Jake Schroeder of the Denver Police Activities League, who ran against Nevitt for office in 2007.

YES, WE COULD

The folks over at 9Cares Colorado Shares are happy to announce that Coloradans bucked the gloomy economic trends and made the organization's recent holiday giving event the most successful ever. Some preliminary totals:

440,000 pounds of food were donated.

$111,330 was collected at the approximately 30 donation sites across the state.

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