close race. i m in cambridge here, near boston, today. there s an urban populism emerging in both these cities, deblsio and in boston, candidate elective come in with strong, strong support from the unions and want to go up against the status quo and reject a lot of what the bloomberg and giuliani administrations built in new york city. that is somewhat new to our politics. it s an important driving force and could change the face of a lot of our cities, urban populism. over in colorado there s a ballot initiative that would allow 11 conservative counties to secede from the state because of anger over liberal measures like gun control and gay rights. how does that fit into all of this? well, this is a divide urban/rural divide in this country is as old as the republic itself, even predates the conservative/liberal arguments we re having today. and in colorado what you have is