important to observe because they are predictive of the president's future bee haoeufr. rick: the primary was yesterday r an analysis piece in politico. democrats, president obama, what is your take. >> reporter: i was mystified. in colorado in the senate primary 407,000 people voted in the republican primary and 339,000 voted in the democratic primary in a state that went f r obama. the republicans was a 50, 50 thick and bennett beat romanoff by 8 points. if i was a democrat waking up this morning i'd be worried about it. the democrats did have a benefit on the republican side because the democrats had no primary or governor and republicans had a