John McCain big loser in Colorado primaries

• Politico admits its 'narrative' has been 'defied'....
  

McCain's endorsements fell in Colorado's 7th congressional district and in Colorado's Republican primary for US Senate.

• Lang Sias, a 2008 McCain staffer, lost to Town Councilman Ryan Frazier in the congressional primary.
  

• Ken Buck defeated Jane Norton in the US Senate primary.
  

Mr. Frazier was backed by the NRCC, but as a Colorado town councilman, he is a newcomer to Washington DC.

• Jane Norton was "hand picked by DC Republicans" according to Politico.
  

Politico started the night cheering another win for the "GOP establishment." (As Newsweek did following August 3's races, though that really wasn't a big night for the 'establishment' either).

• After Ken Buck won, Politico acknowledged that its "narrative" had been thrown for a loop:

"Bennet and Buck defy the narrative," 8/11, Politico, Catanese

• "So much for that neatly woven package that journalists and political observers commonly refer to as "the narrative.""

(Earlier in the evening the Politico narrative temporarily kicked McCain out of the 'GOP establishment' when his candidate Sias lost, attributing opponent Frazier's win to the 'establishment').

• Reference: 8/11, "GOP establishment picks win," Politico, Isenstadt and Hunt

• Reference: 8/11, "Bennet and Buck defy the narrative," Politico, Catanese