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Ritter not on Washington insider’s list of targeted governors’ seats
At least one Washington insider has not pegged Gov. Bill Ritter as one of the country’s top gubernatorial seats likely to flip parties come November 2010.
Indeed, in today’s edition of The Fix, Ritter’s seat did not make the top 10 list of seats where an electoral flip seems likely. The only western states that did fit this bill were Arizona, Nevada and Wyoming.
Obviously Ritter’s performance over the next two years coupled with the candidate the Colorado Republican Party fields could affect this, but for Colorado Democrats this is a good start.
What do you think?
*Ritter photo shot by Political Notebook.
Comments
By les
January 23, 2009 1:48 PM | Link to this
Mike’s job is to stimulate commentary about politics - and he does a good job, but it is way too early, even for political junkies, to speculate about the governor’s performance over the next year plus, or who his opponent might be. There will also be the performance of Senator Bennet over the same time frame. The top elected office is usually deemed to “lead the ticket” The current analysis would have to be - “advantage Ritter”, but Obama’s performance is an outstanding example of how the “predestined candidate” doesn’t always win.