As for so many people in New Mexico, that blindingly blue firmament plays a significant role in Pueblo culture.

BBC: New Mexico��s alien nation

Strategists inside both campaigns agree, for now, that the 2008 battlegrounds of Missouri and Indiana are all but certain to go red, while New Mexico is likely to stay blue.

CNN: Electoral College tie possible in Obama-Romney race

Colorado, New Mexico and Nevada are likely to become reliably blue in future elections.

FORBES: Congrats On Your Vote, Too Bad It Probably Didn't Count

If The Gap is going to sell a million blue polo shirts year in and year out, Mexico or China is the place to make them.

ECONOMIST: American textiles