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‘In many ways, they resemble moderate Republicans’

By Mike Saccone | Wednesday, August 20, 2008, 08:54 AM

In case you missed it this morning, National Public Radio did its version of the “how Democrats can win in the Rocky Mountain West” story.

A source for the radio dispatch made something of a curious statement about western leaders, including Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer, before segueing into a feature on U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colo.: “They’re not left-wing liberals. They tend to be business-oriented. In many ways, they resemble moderate Republicans.”

That might be true in some respects, but we’re sure some Colorado Republicans and other conservatives in the Rocky Mountain West will beg to differ. Nonetheless, it certainly is an interesting concept: The West has not grown any more Democratic, per se, but rather Democratic candidates in so-called purple states have become more conservative.

*Schweitzer photo from the Associated Press.

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