Rick Ridder (left) takes part in a panel during a Women's Equality Day luncheon at the Air Force Academy Aug. 27, 2012. Ridder is president and co-founder of RBI Strategies and Research, a political polling firm based in Denver, and has written for Salon.com and the Denver Post. Also on the panel were Catherine Perrone (right), president of the Colorado League of Women Voters, and Rep. Crisanta Duran (D-Denver) (not pictured). (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Kaplan)