DENVER - Gebreyohannes Miruts, or Solomon to his friends, could’ve made any cynic a patriot. He was my cabbie as we left Denver International Airport to P+P HQ in Highland Park, CO.

As a boy in Ethiopia, “I used to dream about America,” he said. “My mother would tell me, ‘It is night in America, but it is day here,’ and I would fill my head with the dream of coming to America.”

He’s lived here the last 16 years. Soloman is a father of three, a blackjack player and potentially, a soothsayer. “Democrats going to win in November, 100 percent,” he said.

He said Denver has been full of political talk in recent months, but Sen. John McCain’s name rarely comes up. I said it was because he was boring. Soloman said it was because there were many people who hadn’t made up their minds. Maybe we’re both right?

He had been a longtime resident of Las Vegas, and moved to Denver this year. Nevada was too close for him to call in the election, but he said he liked Colorado’s chances of being blue.

“America needs someone to change the country,” Solomon said. “American people understand that, and the Democrats are going to win.”