If he loses it is entirely his fault for currying favor with Democrats instead of sticking with the independent/GOP coalition that elected him last time. If Warren wins, she will only leave that seat feet first. We need this Senate vote.
The problem with this seat is that Brown won in a special election where Republicans basically only showed up. This time everyone will show up or at least Dems will moreso then the special election. Same thing with the Walker recall and 2010 where dems did not show up like usual. They will certainly show up for a Presidential election. Maybe not as much as 2008, but they will moreso than 2010 for sure.
“If he loses it is entirely his fault for currying favor with Democrats instead of sticking with the independent/GOP coalition that elected him last time.”
I don’t agree with this at all.
It’s a Presidential year, which means you get a lot of disinterested drooling morons coming out of the woodwork who ONLY vote in Presidential years and robotically vote straight D-ticket when they do. That’s why Scott’s at a much bigger disadvantage this time than where he was 3 years ago.
His recent ads (talking about how he’s “bipartisan” and Warren is a radical; and the “Vote the person, not the Party”) are exactly what he needs to do to win a narrow victory.
If he can squeak by now, he’ll have a much easier time winning re-election in six years when he’s running in a midterm-year instead.