![The Blueprint( How the Democrats Won Colorado (and Why Republicans Everywhere Should Care))[BLUEPRINT][Paperback]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41K5XrbhNyL._AC_UL160_SR160,160_.jpg)
First, there is a one-star review on this page for a *different* book called "The Blueprint: Obama's Plan to Subvert the Constitution" or some such nonsense -- which as a partisan broadsheet, is exactly what *this* book is not.
The authors here have written a brilliant story about how a rather surprising political event came to pass: rocked-ribbed Republican Colorado becoming a mildly progressive state, at least in its electoral results. As a fairly serious Republican myself, I was a bit annoyed at the triumphalism of an old, left-wing friend who had moved to suburban Denver and thought that it was merely some progressive ideal that had finally dawned on the good folks of Colorado and, with the inevitability of socialism, the trend was going to sweep the rest of the country.
I never agreed, but it was not until I read this book that I -- a California kid -- understood what had happened. The authors have put together a great story about how motivated, well-funded, and well-organized progressives put together the machine to take over Colorado politics. Maybe their policy is better, maybe not. But the progressives in Colorado had the mechanics to get their message out and that, as we have seen, is often enough to win elections. What's great about this book, though, is it just wants to tell a good political story, instead of trying to force-feed you political inevitabilities. It is tightly written, well-sourced, and thoughtful. Mr. Witwer was a Republican state representative, his co-author a television political correspondent. What's great about this book -- and what's so awful about the other book called "The Blueprint" -- is that this book is a history of what happened in Colorado, instead of what most political books are: apologetics or histrionics.
Read this book. Don't read the other "Blueprint" -- and ignore that one-star rating. I'm buying this for my friend in Colora
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