College funding hope in Colorado

While I thought that there was virtually no hope that government would ever look at funding college through vouchers rather than handing unearned money directly to the schools (see very long post below), it turns out that they are experimenting with doing just that in Colorado. I wonder if there's something different in the water out in Colorado which occasionally allows for clear thought on the part of politicians there. If we could find out what it was, I wonder if we could sneak some into the drinking fountains around the capital in DC.
Hat tip to John J. Miller on The Corner at the National Review Online.