"Defeating Boxer is a good priority, a do-able goal. So is defeating Daschle by supporting Thune."
How are those races going? Who is the leading Republican in the CA senate race?
At this point, it's hard to say what his chances are. He's not the sort of guy conservatives can get excited about, but then that only means he has a chance of being elected in California.
Thune has an excellent chance of unseating Daschle depending how much election fraud DNC lawyers are allowed to get away with this time.