Staying Relevant After the DNC

Come and gone; come and gone. The DNC has come and gone. The fair city of Denver has enjoyed its Rocky Mountain High, and now, like a caffeine crash, we prepare to fall back into the same old thing: ski, snowboard, and general whiteness. But will we ever be the same? Can we truly escape that nagging fear of what happens when the spotlights fade? How do we keep Denver, or for that matter Colorado, truly relevant as the delegates and camera crews leave us behind to follow Obama and Biden on their historical trek?
I believe I have come up with a solution based on tested practices from the international community. It's time that Colorado aggressively secedes from the Union and reclaims the other territories of the Louisiana Purchase as vassals of our new land of Coloradostan. Yes, this is the solution. Nothing grabs the attention of the world like a good split from a powerful nation. Look at the attention given to Russia, Georgia, and South Ossetia: a cold war super power, a country named after a state in the USA (copycats), and a bunch of irrelevant splitters who are suddenly relevant (cue the Aha! moment). People pay attention to a good contested nation building.
People also pay attention to a good contested nation take over. That leads to my point about annexing the other territories of the Louisiana Purchase. Nothing fires up the world like a good take over. Just look at China's continued success in spite of taking over Tibet and Hong Kong. Is China relevant? Duh! And yet, all people can talk about is how pretty the Olympics were. So, let's get to annexing boys and girls. Also, time to host an Olympics to distract the masses from Coloradostan's evil empire.
So, join me my fellow Coloradostanians as we welcome a new era. An era that goes beyond simple Winter relevance. We invade Utah tomorrow.