Democratic strategist : `` We are , I believe , at ground 10 in the presidential election '' President Mitt Romney will need the support of Latinos and suburban women to win Colorado . In Ohio , swing state politics have real-life impact . GOP challenger Mitt Romney will need support from the state 's white evangelicals to win it . Barack Obama won Colorado in 2008 , but lost it in 1996 . George W. Bush carried it twice ; Obama won it in 1996 .
Democratic strategist : `` We are , I believe , at ground 10 in the presidential election '' President Mitt Romney will need the support of Latinos and suburban women to win Colorado . GOP challenger Mitt Romney will need support from the state 's white evangelicals to win it . Barack Obama won Colorado in 2008 , but lost it in 1996 . George W. Bush carried it twice ; Obama won it in 1996 .