KS-KSN: Davis +8

[Person Man]

Is the only way Brownback can win is if he nationalizes the race by tying Davis to "Obama liberalism" and "Kansas as a red state"?

Pretty much. That's how the Republicans almost held the senate in 2006. They needed to hold Conrad Burns and he almost won.

Hopefully, if the map is expanded enough, it takes so pressure off of Democrats in Montana, Colorado, New Hampshire and Iowa.

[Person Man]

He's trailing by 8, as a republican from Kansas, as an incumbent. I don't know how this happens, but clearly he made it happen and he probably deserves losing.

One can lose in a state with a large partisan edge for one for one of two things:

INCOMPETENCE

CORRUPTION

I can see the narrative of this race being similar to the one in Illinois. One party thinks that 50+1% of voters are die hard loyal and just sees that as a green light to play.