State of change (CO)

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Denver resident and Democrat Aaron Gottlieb, 27, was so convinced John Kerry had no chance in Colorado, he nearly caught a flight to Oregon to canvass in a closer race. But yesterday he found himself sitting at a phone in Kerry headquarters in downtown Denver, with a long list of undecided voters in front of him, hoping he could give Kerry an edge in a race that seems - just possibly - winnable.

"I just started doing this 10 minutes ago," he admits. "I never got involved before because it was always a given that this would be red state. But now we have a chance to make it blue."

The election in Colorado should be a foregone conclusion. This is Republican country, a state with two Republican senators and five out of seven Republican members of the House of Representatives. Bill Clinton managed a win here in 1992, but only because third party candidate Ross Perot ate into George Bush Sr's natural lead. Before Clinton, you have to dig back to Lyndon Johnson in 1964 for a Democratic victory.

So why has Colorado - long a state safely ignored in presidential elections - become such a popular stop on the political itinerary of both parties? George Bush has been to Colorado twice in just over a week, and Dick Cheney and John Kerry were both here on Saturday. The state's TV networks are so jammed with politicians trashing each other in ads that the normally ubiquitous SUV and truck commercials have all but disappeared from the airwaves.

Guardian UK

[Randi_Listener]

1. Intellectually dishonest

Only the fucked up, rope suckers vote for Chimpy McFuckstain. CO is waking up.

[LiberalAndProud]

2. Sitting in Nebraska bordered by almost blue states. I am green with envy.

If the University of Nebraska had blue uniforms, would Nebraska go blue?