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Yes, I see her as a more confident Mary Landrieu. Asa Hutchinson and Mike Huckabee will compete for the nomination; I think that Hutchinson is the strongest candidate. Lincoln's carrer ACU rating: 22.

In other news, does anyone sense that the gender gap is closing? Of the 13 women in the Senate, 10 are Democrats and 3 Republicans, but that will change after Elizabeth Dole takes office and Jean Carnahan leaves. A Terrell victory would make it 8-5. Getting rid of Boxer, Lincoln and Murray and replacing them with women could give us the majority among women.

With Myrick bowing out in NC, there's one less GOP woman senator. Murkowski could pick a woman to take his seat. Melissa Hart could replace Specter should he retire-- which I doubt will happen. Mary Bono or Ann Veneman or Rosario Marin could replace Boxer. Jennifer Dunn could replace Murray. Terrell could replace Breaux should she come up short and Breaux retires to run for governor (an unlikely scenario, granted). On the Democrat side, many Democrat women in IL could replace Fitzgerald and Herseth could replace Daschle.