Capital Review

On this Colorado Day, I remember the 1970s when our local radio station would open its morning show by playing The Colorado Song: “If I had a wagon, I would go to Colorado,” praising a state known for “Rocky Mountain peaks, climbing up to the sky” and inhabited by “folks who are rugged and bold!”

One verse describes what was quintessential Colorado: “A uniting spiring they will find at the great Continental Divide.”

It’s a fun song and I’ve taught it to my kids. But I get a little choked up because it describes a Colorado no longer exists.

The “rugged and bold” Colorado elected both liberal De...