Yes Virginia, there are still elections even when Barack Obama is not running for office.
Odd-year elections just can't get any respect. Many new voters swelled polling places last year on a wave of excitement around Obama's campaign, but will that political energy carry over to local contests this November?
With Democrats heading to Denver this August for their national convention, all eyes will be on western states, including Colorado, as models for how the left can win over conservative and moderate voters here. Republicans now say they are ready to fight back and while the money chase will be tough, leaders say they are putting together a ground game that will, in part, exploit a multitude of fee and tax increases passed by the Democrat-led legislature.
