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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.” ....