Swing State

Recent polls have indicated that Kerry and Bush are each favored by approximately 47% of Coloradans. This has many people quite excited and rushing around registering anyone they can to vote. Happily they are also emphasizing that registering is not enough, that citizens actually have to go and vote on election day.

My state is also flirting with the idea of breaking up our electoral votes and allocating them as the votes dictate. Our Republican governor is opposed to the idea, saying that we would just be ignored by both sides. I guess this means that we won't be driving down to La Junta again in four years. Seriously, we're virtually ignored now and breaking up the electoral votes would seem to bring us closer to this "one person, one vote" idea we hear bandied about every so often.

The election is just two months away and it seems that the intensity is waning. Maybe it's the Olympics or school starting up and I'm just not paying enough attention. I'm guessing it will pick up again during the RNC. I'll try and keep an eye out for the hype until then.