CO-Gov: Ritter the next casualty of Bloody January?

[JohnnyLongtorso]

Taegan Goddard has a tweet up:

"Source tells Political Wire that Ritter is dropping out of CO-Gov race... Trying to confirm..."

At least this one (like Cherry) would be a net positive for the Dems.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

Muahahahaha.

Swing State says Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper could run.

Don't be too quick to rejoice, Hickenlooper would probably be a stronger candidate than Ritter.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

Just posing the question - If Hickenlooper didn't run in 2006, when the larger environment in Colorado was a definite positive, why would he run in 2010, when the larger environment is, at best, probably going to be somewhat negative?

Not that this necessarily means anything, of course.

Wasn't Ritter handpicked by the Dems as the safest, most electable candidate, given his conservative stances on abortion and labor? Hickenlooper may not have gotten any institutional support, or maybe he just didn't want to run in a tough primary.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

So the White House pulls him out of the Senate, putting the seat in grave danger, just to let him go a year later?