[My2Cents]

there are two regions where the parties are increasingly competitive: the Southwest quartet of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Nevada

It seems to me that Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Nevada are turning purple, tending toward blue.

[marajade]

You do know that Kyl won by 9 pts in AZ right.

[Anti-Hillary]

That's because all the Californicators are moving East. While they love the cheap labor of the illegals, they don't want to live next door to them. They took my great state, Oregon, and have screwed it royal. Thank God i still live in a very red county.

[American Quilter]

It seems to me that Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Nevada are turning purple, tending toward blue.

I'm extremely distressed to have to say that Colorado has already gone blue. The new governor is a Democrat. One senator is a Democrat and the other, a staunch conservative, barely eked out his victories in the last two elections (1996 and 2002). Our state legislature is in Democrat control.

If you'd said to me ten years ago that this could happen, I'd have laughed.