What you describe is indicative to what is going on in CO too. The latest claim is CO has turned Blue. We'll see if that holds but judging from the lackluster response from the GOP it seems true.
Maybe you can change that around with the Star Wars Bar scene that is the DemRaT leadership. LOL!
The GOP is going to have to start to work in the intermountain West if it is going to win.
Given the fact that conservatives hate government and liberals love it, and that our home-grown media has always been biased towards Dems, this gives us an uphill battle.