Bouldered Over

Of all the 2009 election results that are likely causing President Barack Obama’s socialist cornhole to pucker up tighter than a snare drum, none stands out to us as being any more significant than the decision by voters in Boulder, Colorado to reject a sales tax for “green space.”

For those of you unfamiliar with the voting history of Boulder, it hasn’t gone Republican in a presidential election since 1984, hasn’t voted down a “green” initiative since 1989 and was carried by Obama just one year ago by 72.4%.

Hell, Ralph Nadar got 12% here in 2000, people.

Anyway, the Boulder rejection of a tax hike for “green space” was one of several left-leaning local referendums in liberal corners of Colorado that failed last week … which has editorial boards in the Centennial State taking note of a “sea change” in the mood of voters.

Not surprisingly, of course, Obama and his fellow socialists in Congress aren’t heeding the will of those voters – or voters in New Jersey or Virginia -  they’re pushing as fast as they can to ram as much of their agenda down the throats of an American public that clearly doesn’t want it.