I'm a Colorado native. My whole life, Colorado has been a red state, more libertarian than Republican. Those rural, western ideals of live and let live and keep the government out of my life as much as possible have strong roots here.

Suddenly, we're a swing state, thanks to a decade or more of folks from all over the country discovering what a great place it is to live. In just three days, we've had McCain at the Western Stock Show complex, Palin somewhere, and today -- 100,000 people gathered to hear Barack Obama speak at Civic Center Park.

Sort of swells my heart up with pride to see a picture like this.