It's all about selfish and immediate gratification: "If the state is losing and I'll be miserable here, why would I stay? I have a limited time here on earth, I may as well live in a place that suits me best, right?"
If you didn't catch it earlier, I'm not leaving Colorado by choice. I got orders for California 2 weeks ago.
Honestly, I cannot understand how DeGette got 160,000+ votes.. This just blows my mind. How are people not dying off by the dozens from natural selection?