What does it take for Democrats to win swing districts -- and keep winning them -- in places like the Rocky Mountain West? Do their candidates have to kowtow to the fossil fuel industry and big business? Or is there another way? It’s a huge question in advance of the 2018 election -- and on this episode I talk to a Democrat who has been winning a swing district for years: Colorado U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter. He weighed in on whether local communities should be able to regulate oil and gas development, he explained why he supports single-payer healthcare, and he offered his thoughts on whether Democrats in swing districts should be more moderate or more progressive.