POLITICO Red Meat. It’s What’s for Dinner in Colorado Politics. The Democratic governor’s proposal that people give up meat for a day has ignited conservative backlash in a state that is rapidly trending blue. A shopper surveys the overflowing selection of packaged meat in a grocery store in southeast Denver, Colo. | David Zalubowski/AP Photo By NICK BOWLIN Link Copied Nick Bowlin is a Colorado-based correspondent for High Country News and freelance journalist whose work has appeared in the Atlantic, the Nation and elsewhere. DENVER — Since late February, metro Denver drivers who tune into KHOW-AM 630, the area talk radio station, during the afternoon commute are likely to hear attorney and talk show host Dan Caplis accusing Gov. Jared Polis of a “traitorous attack” on Colorado values. The Democratic governor is “vicious and callous” and listeners are called on to “defeat” him and to “have fun doing it.”