As you know, Democrats have supported a number of pro-environmental legislation, like Colorado's renewable-energy amendment and a bill in the Senate mandating cleanup of electrical power plants.
By contrast, of course, Bush has proposed all these mis-named laws like "Clear Skies" and "Healthy Forests", which are almost Orwellian in their name and content.
As a result of all this, some of the stranger terms used in the 2004 elections make sense now! More below the fold...
You see, here is Colorado as a
blue state:

and here is Colorado as a red state:

(first image taken from a park near my house on a stunning spring day, second from Howling At A Waning Moon)
Let's make Colorado blue in more ways than one!