If he does that, good for him. A congressional run would be easier for Buck.
I agree, it’s a win-win for us. Gardner has a much, much better chance than Buck of beating Udall—I’d say that Gardner’s odds are no worse than 50% under the environment that is brewing for November, while Buck’s odds were maybe 25% even if he kept his foot out of his mouth. Meanwhile, the CO-04 is comfortably Republican under the current lines, so Buck would *really* have to screw up to lose that race.
CO is now looking as our 9th pickup (after SD, WV, MT, AR, AK, LA, NC and MI), which would give us 54 Senate seats, enough to hold on to the Senate even after our tough 2016 cycle.
I also read that Tom Tancredo will drop out of the governor’s race and Bob Beauprez is jumping in—if true, it’s another huge coup for the GOP. Bye bye, Hickenloser.