2016 Postmortem
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Colorado Senate Seat Safe for Democrats
"The Republicans are playing defense this year when it comes to the Senate. At least six seats are very vulnerable, and another six or so could conceivably be in play depending on how things break. The Party had hopes of offsetting some of their losses by taking a seat in Nevada, and possibly one in Colorado. Now, they can cross Colorado off the list.
Support for Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) is definitely lukewarm in the Centennial State, and he could be vulnerable to a serious challenger. Instead, following a bruising multi-way primary fight among GOP contenders, he will face Darryl Glenn. The good news for the Republicans is that Glenn is black, charismatic, and is a 21-year veteran of the air force. Those are all selling points. The bad news is that he has zero political experience, has raised less than $50,000 (compared to nearly $10 million for Bennet), and is a far-right tea partier and "unapologetic Christian constitutional conservative" who unabashedly supports Donald Trump. These things will not play well in purple-to-blue Colorado, where moderates and independents stayed away from The Donald in droves during primary season. The RSCC and the RNC have both already made it very clear that Glenn is on his own (Translation: We can't afford to waste money on lost causes). So, Bennet will have another six years to try and improve his favorability ratings". (Z)
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cosmicone
(11,014 posts)Jim Lane
(11,175 posts)Even though the site proprietor was pretty obviously pro-Clinton and let his anti-Bernie bias color some of his reporting.
DavidDvorkin
(19,475 posts)But I'll vote for him.
I do a lot of voting with gritted teeth.