The laws defining water rights and the institutions involved in water resources allocation represent the framework for managing water resources in the United States. Water rights and water allocation programs in the US have largely been the provinces of the states. At this time, there is no national water rights system.

McCain is walking a tight rope hoping he can score points with these two states while not alienating Colorado which leans Republican. Howeever based upon the law there is nothing he could do as president that would affect water rights or water allocation in Colorado or anywhere else.

Smart? I don't know. But it is a calculating political move, not something I believe he randomly floated out there because hes senile.

The important statistics is that there is not state that Kerry won in 2004 that the Republcians have a realistic chance of winning. Yet, the Republicans will definitely lose Iowa and Iowa while spending huge amounts of money in Ohio, Missouri, Virginia, and North Carolina.

There number of states that can be call red states is decreasing. Demographics will continue that the number of red states will continue to decrease.

Does anyone think that McCain can lose Virginia and win the election?

While the GOP might take some hits at the polls this year in state contests I think that McCain actually has a chance of pulling this election out for the simple reason that most people really do not trust either party. The thought of Obama in the White House with both chambers firmly in his pocket are causes for concern.

George W. Bush showed us what happens when you put a nice Christian man in the White House with no controls over power. People are not stupid in this country. The very thing Hurting the GOP right now could well hurt Obama in the end.

But to the ops point. Water.

The Colorado river feeds Nevada and New Mexico as well. These are two toss up states as well. There is some politics involved here but when you examine the compact it truly is waaaaaayyyyy outdated.

Delegates from the seven Colorado River Basin states met on November 9, 1922 in New Mexico to discuss, negotiate and ultimately work out the compact. Things have drastically changed since 1922.

The Democrats are raising twice as much money as the Republicans. Yet the Republicans are going to have to spend money in Virginia and North Carolina when the spent zero in 2004. Those two facts should be enough to convince anyone that McCain has zero chance of winning. Senator obama had win ever state that Kerry won without spending a dime but the Democrats have twice the money that the Republicans have.