Congressman Brad Miller is going to decide by July whether he will oppose Dole. He would be a strong candidate, but I'm not sure whether he could beat her - the dynamics of the year and race would have to be perfect for him to. 2008 would need to be a second 2006, which at this point it appears to be.
Miller is too liberal to win statewide against Dole.
A candidate with Brown's voting record (which is what Miller has) cant win state wide in NC against Dole... Tester was a decent fit for MT while Brown benefited from a national tilt to the Dems, the implosion of the OH GOP and the fact that the OH is decidedly less conservative state than NC (especially when it comes to social issues).
Um no. Brown was actually a fit for Ohio. Tester was the one who rode the national wave a bit.
Nobody would want to run against Dole, everybody wants to take down the freshman Burr. He'd be far more vulnerable than Dole is at the moment.
Dole is a freshman
