[Impy]

Now is her chance at Governor (the longest held GOP seat 1979-), if she doesn’t run this time there will be an incumbent Republican in 2014.

Thune leads her comfortably in the polls. I doubt she’ll run for the Senate.

[Impy]

"She’s the only viable challenger to Thune, and party leaders will want to do all they can to shore up the Democrats’ tenuous hold on the U.S. Senate."

Uh, the author is on the pipe or has a dry sense of humor.