the way I understand it, we're supposed to be blue this year - blue is for incumbents, red for the challenging party.
But this is the first election where the terms "blue states" and "red states" have ever been used - maybe the networks will decide to just keep it red for Republicans this year.
I heard that Kerry would not be red this year out of fear of flashbacks to when he was a north vietnamese sympathizer. The DNC feared he's start telling us we should let the North win and get out of there.