McConnell suffered because he supported the financial bailout.
It'll still be close, but I wouldn't put any money on a Democrat against Trey Grayson
Plus there might have an anti congressional leadership thing going. Glad to see NC so far down even below Delaware, Nevada, and Colorado.
It's weird. A year ago Democrats were bemoaning the lack of a strong challenger to Dole because the conventional wisdom was that most prominent NC Dems were waiting to challenge Burr who was widely perceived as a weaker target than Dole. Now we have Kay Hagen in the Senate and are scrambling to find a first or even second tier challenger to Burr. I guess the prospect of running in an off year federal election with Obama in the White House and the economy's future still uncertain is scaring most of them off (for now at least).
