"The whole thing is sour grapes on Hefley's part. He owned his district and he handpicked Jeff Crank to succeed him"
You are spot on. It reminds me of a child throwing a temper tantrum but with greater consequences. As stated on many other threads, if the republican turn out is high, this seat will be retained by the GOP.
Overall, I think the GOP has done a crappy job in CO this election cycle. The governship will go to the Dem though I doubt anyone would believe Owens was a conservative so maybe we won't be able to tell the difference.
among other things like the Democrat platform
" the GOP has done a crappy job in CO this election cycle..."
Last cycle, we lost the federal senate seat to one Salazar and a R congressional seat to another Salazar.
Not even mentioning the state houses...