Heinrich has the backing of national Democrats and seems to be an able politician. He survived 2010 without much effort despite representing a swingish district.
And with Obama dominating the state he will have a much more favorable terrain this time.
Yes...that theory worked very well in 1984 for the 5 open seats that the Republicans whlost. It was almost 6 as McConnell barely held on.
What are you talking abot? The gop only lost 3 seats that year; only. 2 were incumbents, and more importantly there was only a net gain of one.
