Democrats Target Western States

From Fox News ~ They are the heirs to the cowboy and homesteader tradition, willing to protect their land from the butt of a gun and sometimes defend their values in defiance of the government, but that doesn't mean voters in the West automatically reject left-leaning politics.
That's why Democrats are making a big play for what political analysts have described as the new battleground for 2008: Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and Utah.

"This is a regional block of states with united interests," said Matt Farautto, executive director of the Democratic Party of New Mexico, calling the Rocky Mountain-Southwestern region "really fertile ground for Democrats." He pointed out that half of these states now have Democratic governors.

Democratic activists are now trying to get officials in these states to move their primaries to "Super Tuesday" — Feb. 5 — a date that has become frontloaded with at least 24 states that are bucking to get noticed by the Republican and Democratic presidential candidates and give their voters a chance to make a difference in the nomination process.

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