Rocky Mountain News Columnist Mike Littwin takes Colorado Governor Bill Owens to task today for taking a cheap shot at his political opponent Rollie Heath in this fall's gubernatorial race. Seems Owens sent out a letter to Jewish leaders in the community unfairly labeling Heath as anti-Israel because he lives in Boulder and the Boulder City Council passed an anti-Israel resolution.

Heath is not anti-Israel and Owens should retract the unfounded charge. TalkLeft supports Rollie Heath. He has called us several times for his support, offered to read the legislative positions of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and sit down with us to discuss them. We're taking him up on his offer and are in the process of scheduling a discussion.

One of the reasons we don't like Owens is his insistence on only appointing former prosecutors as judges. And of couse his unwavering support of the death penalty.