[OneWingedShark]

CO and NM are hippy and illegal alien infested and will never go republican....

Not true; NM went Republican for Bush's election, and has Susana Martenez as gov.

[zeestephen]

RE: “Not true; NM went Republican for Bush's election, and has Susana Martenez as gov.”

Correct, but you forgot to explain why:

Very low Hispanic turnout.

In the 2010 governor's race, only 39% of Hispanics voted for Republican Susana Martinez!

[thestob]

And Romney lost the state by 10 points....are those demographics going to shift back in the republicans favor? Winning the governorship in a non- presidential election year is a hell of a lot different than turning that state red again in a presidential election.