Purple Mountain Strategy

Salt Lake Tribune columnist John Yewell has this interesting piece about why the West is the most fertile ground for Democrats to reclaim the majority.

In his follow-up post about the article on New West, Yewell notes that "Westerners are not proselytizers - they believe in live and let live," an attitude that is increasingly at odds with the GOP. Because of this, he writes:

Democrats nationwide are wrapped up with figuring out what to believe in that will appeal to voters. I think that’s the wrong question. They should be asking: How do I learn to live with people I disagree with, and still reach out to them, still help them, still find ways to make this complicated country work together. What is the right way to live? Westerners can teach Democrats the answers to these questions.

Yewell is definitely on to something here - and the sooner national Democrats recognize it, the better.