Brownback and Deal are very unpopular. We may be seeing the consequences of low approval ratings. It is possible to have a low approval rating as an incumbent and still win... but it is about a 50% chance of winning for someone with an approval rating of 44%.
So how can Democrats exploit weaknesses of right-wing incumbent Republicans in R-friendly states? Bread-and-butter issues.
We can exploit Walker's weakness as well in a Democratic friendly state concerning corruption.
If they hope to do that, they're going to have to dig up something worse than offensive emails staffers sent to each other 5 years ago and a Milwaukee County employee campaigning on the clock.
