Blue or Red?

The Democrats certainly saw this coming, which is why they figured holding their big hoo-hah of a party in Denver was a strategic move: Colorado is locked in a dead heat between liberals and conservatives. A successful party could set the tone for the fall election season, which is very important given recent polling. Rep. Mark Udall, D-Boulder, is neck-in-neck against Republican candidate Bob Schaffer for an open U.S. Senate seat. After a sluggish start, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., has closed the gap on presidential rival Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., meaning the results are too close to call as the final campaign stretch kicks off this month.

[What’s Next] Does Barack’s speech inspire a shift to the left? Or will disastrous police run-ins with protestors have undecided voters seeing Red?