In 2010, Republicans didn't pick up the Senate seat, even if Buck was flawed, if the state wasn't purple he would have won and that's a big reason why Colorado is anywhere near a guaranteed Republican pickup in 2012.
Other than Hickenlooper and Bennet, didn't the Republicans sweep every other statewide race?
Shhhh!!!! Don't disrupt his narrative with inconvenient facts, Miles.
Also of the five statewide races, the winner with the best result was a Republican (AG Suthers at 56%).
The GOP's problems in the state was the result of poor organization and getting four bad candidates in two races (Norton and Weld in the Senate race, Maes and McInnis in the Governor's race) plus a fifth for good measure as an American Constitution party candidate, Tom Tancredo. The last one will ensure problems for some time, because now the ACP has ballot access to siphon off conservative votes.
Which district is this guy in? If it isn't the First, Second, or Seventh, he is certainly running in a district that isn't pleased with Obama. And Romney is just the right sort of candidate to reverse somewhat the murderous gains Obama made in Seventh. I'd also expect him to outperform slighlty in Grand Junction and the counties along the UT border. Of course the new map is still a question mark.
