Who wins? : Luke Messer vs Todd Rokita vs Mike Braun

[Hoosier_Nick]

Messer won't win. I voted Braun, who I consider the favorite, though it's close between him and Rokita. If I had to predict the election I'd probably go 40% Braun, 37.5% Rokita and 22.5% Messer. And if I had to guess by CD, I guess that Braun wins 5, 8, 9 Rokita wins 4 Messer wins 6. 2 and 3 will be close, but I'll give both to Rokita narrowly. 1 and 7 won't have many votes in the Republican primary, but I'll give both to Braun because most Republican voters will be of the suburban, business-minded mold, who I think will come home for Braun. Messer lost the election when he yielded those voters to Braun.

[Hoosier_Nick]

What's all this talk about Braun being so great? I mean from what I could see, he is alright, but nothing that outstanding. What am I missing here?

He's a former businessman who has actual experience and can easily contrast that with Rokita and Messer, two career politicians (I have nothing against that, but people obviously do) who are really easy to make targets out of.

Mike Braun is the Generic R. There is nothing to dislike him for outside of his basic Republican ideas (stand for the pledge, pro-life, etc.) and his stupid primary votes, which people won't care about in the general. He doesn't have the massive residency issues of Messer or odd personality and obvious political ambition of Rokita. Another thing, he can self fund. That's a big detail that I haven't seen mentioned much.