[DemforBush]

Seeing Sherrod Brown go down on election night would be a fine sight to see. For someone from a swing state, the guy is pretty darn left-wing - a lifetime ACU rating lower than Harry Reid or Kristen Gillibrand.

[hinckley buzzard]

Brown has survived by keeping a low profile and tending to his base. He has zero charisma and a virtually lifelong history of lackluster elected local and state office prior to the 2006 senate run. He won in a nightmare year for republicans in Ohio, and has been hardly heard from since.

He has huge financial support from the national leftwingers. But his liberal record is being exposed for the first time, and Mandel is a fresh energetic face.