CO-6 should be competitive again, even if it was surprisingly decisive last time.
With Udall going down in flames and Romanoff mortally wounded, the Colorado Dems have suffered a setback. Bennet is kind of antonymous but he is a much smarter and a better politician than Udall. I also doubt that the GOP will be able to put up a candidate of comparable quality to Gardner. Nevertheless, because of the way Colorado is structured, both this race and the Presidential race in Colorado will be quite competitive. The GOP isn't going to let their only pickup opportunity besides Nevada go easily.
What are you talking about? He lost by 2.5 points in a GOP wave year with voter turnout at nearly 50% of what it is in a regular year.
First off, he lost by 2 points, not 2.5 so you are way off. Second, Udall was the big Dem name in Colorado politics and regardless of how many points he lost by, he went down in flames. He shouldn't have lost but he did in part because of a poor campaign and in part because the media was ridiculously biased in favor of Cory Gardner who is really short. Let's not spin this by saying he "only" lost by 2 points. A loss is a loss and he went down.
None of that is really pertinent to my point which is that the GOP has rebounded in the past few years. This really isn't debatable and I have no idea why you're so outraged over this statement. They control all of the statewide office sans governor and control the majority of the CDs. Now, are the long term prospects for the GOP bleak looking because of the demographics and whatnot? Sure. But that isn't what I said. I said they merely have a bench now, something they didn't have just a few years ago. You red avatars are so touchy and like to go bonkers and the smallest things.
Yes, but back in 2012 he wasn't Mr. Entrenched. He was Mr. Unentrenched. Now, he has become Mr. Entrenched.
Ok. Maybe. All I said is that I wasn't confident that Coffman would go down. I said he was easier to beat back in 2012 when he was in a new district and that he has become a stronger candidate now that he has served several terms, become more entrenched and started voting more moderate. All of that is true. But no, you gotta go and fly off the rails. Well, that's not going to fly in the Colorado Megathread son. Nowhere did I say Coffman was a lock. I just said I wasn't confident we could take him out.
I said Bennett should win as long as he runs a good campaign and doesn't say stupid things. To say he'll win no matter what is a ridiculous thing to say but whatever.