CO-SEN: Score One For The Good Guys

It's terribly early, but at least one Democratic pickup in the Senate is looking pretty good:

In a move that could help pave the way for Dems to grab a key open seat in Colorado, the only announced Republican candidate for the seat is expected to drop out of the race, The Washington Post reports. The move by former GOP Rep. Scott McInnis leaves the GOP without a candidate for the seat of retiring Republican Senator Wayne Allard — a top target for national Dems in their quest to expand on their 2006 electoral successes in the West.

The Republicans will obviously have a candidate, but McInnis was the least hard-core Colorado Springs fundie conservative, and the most likely to present a real challenge to Rep. Mark Udall, who will have a clear field for the Democratic nomination. Udall was going to be formidable anyway; without McInnis it could be a blowout, especially if Colorado goes blue in the Presidential race.