Colorado Senate Race a Petri Dish for Both Parties
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on October 21st, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
Colorado Senate Race a Petri Dish for Both Parties
Caitlin Huey-Burns, RealClearPolitics
There is perhaps no other state this election cycle that better reflects the lessons learned by both parties over the past four years than Colorado. In 2010, Republicans discovered the hard way that a bad candidate who says impolitic things can squander a winnable Senate race in even the most favorable of climates. And Democrats learned they could overcome discouraging odds with a playbook centered on the women’s vote (highlighting abortion and contraception) and spotlighting an “extremist” opponent. The Democrat, Michael Bennet, went on to defeat Republican Ken Buck by one…