Mark Udall almost pulled it out after all in CO

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

I think this shows the Republicans are probably wasting their time if they plan on campaigning in Colorado during the next presidential election.

Okay, let's clear something up here. CO is not a blue state. Purple-blue like PA, perhaps, but not pure blue. If it was a blue state, Democrats would be able to win without campaigning. We're nowhere near that point.

Also, the CO polls finally got something right! RCP had this at Gardner +2.5, just 0.4% off the actual margin. The Gubernatorial race featured the usual republican poll bias though.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

I think this shows the Republicans are probably wasting their time if they plan on campaigning in Colorado during the next presidential election.

If it was a blue state, Democrats would be able to win without campaigning. We're nowhere near that point.

So they should be pretty well positioned for VA

I'm not saying that CO or VA is lean R at this point. I'm just pointing out that they're not hopeless for republicans like WA is like some people seem to think.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

If the republicans put up Coffman or Norton, Bennett is likely dead in the water. Renuart or Gessler would give him a tough challenge also.

Even if Hillary is at the top of the ticket, she's a terrible fit for CO and will underperform Obama there by 2-7 points (Bennet won't be able to rely on her coattails).