Redistricting

When the Colorado governor, legislature and courts reapportion Congressional and legislative seats next year, politicians and political junkies will be watching to see how the Democrats will go about trying to turn the state's fourth and third Congressional districts back into Democratic Party seats. Both flipped to Republicans from Democrats in this year's elections, giving Republicans four out of the state's seven seats.

Colorado's Republicans apparently have taken control of the state's House, but not the Senate. This will give the GOP a small say in the redistricting of the state in 2011, but the Democrats will pretty much have their way with a Democrat-controlled Senate, a Democrat governor and a Democrat-controlled state Supreme Court. At the least, the House Republicans should be unified enough to keep Hickenlooper and the Senate Demcrats from raising taxes or fees, but they won't get any  tax cuts passed. Time will tell whether the very liberal spend and tax Senate will work with the Republicans and Governor-elect John Hickenlooper to cut spending, not just the rate of growth in spending.

"Governor-elect" John Hickenlooper has a problem. Republicans are uniting behind American Constitution/Republican Party candidate, former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo, for governor.