Not a lot of original content on my blog, mostly postings from great sources like WND, but for once, I've scooped Mr. Farah–my 6/1/07 post on this subject:
http://www.worldexaminer.com/worldexaminer/2007/06/the_red_tide_ov.html.

Farah has the influence to perhaps rid us of this harmful color scheme.

How to turn red states blue (WND):

I would like to announce today that my news organization, WND, will no longer use the currently accepted "red state-blue state" paradigm. We won't use the reverse, either, because it is certain only to cause confusion among our readers.