August 04, 2010 02:24 AM UTC

New York Times: "Mr. Bennet is in significant trouble"

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• by: StrykerK2

That’s what Jeff Zeleny of the New York Times has to say about Senator Bennet in an article chronicling how often President Obama has had to swoop in to help him.

The extraordinary presidential effort, particularly given that it’s coming in a Democratic primary, underscores a key point about the Colorado Senate race: Mr. Bennet is in significant trouble in his campaign against Andrew Romanoff, a former speaker of the Colorado House.  

While the story talks about how much President Obama has done for Senator Bennet (to no avail, as he now trails Romanoff in the most recent poll), it also shows how quickly the Bennet campaign is scrambling to try and hold:

The telephone town meeting on Tuesday night, which was abruptly added to the president’s daily schedule, is the latest effort to help boost Mr. Bennet’s candidacy.

So the question remains: if Bennet is this weak in a Democratic primary against an opponent who has spent a fraction of what he has, how can Bennet possibly win against a well funded Republican opponent?