NH-PPP: Shaheen still ahead

[free my dawg]

We'll see in two weeks just how ahead she is.

It'll be closer than I expected, but she's right on track for a W. I'd put her right about even with Kay Hagan as far as her chances go - people who for all intents and purposes should have lost, but went up against bad candidates.

[free my dawg]

Shaheen would be toast if Republicans decided they wanted to contest this race, but they decided to nominate Scott Brown instead.

Who should've they nominated then?

Besides Bass or Gregg (who are out of politics anyways), Chris Sununu would have probably been their best bet. I can think of a bunch of state senators too (Jeannie Forrester and Nancy Stiles first come to mind, and of course there's Jeb Bradley), and Marilinda Garcia would have been much better off running here instead of NH-2. But coming from someone who's generally happy with the NHDP - we dodged a bullet.