[Dr. Thorne]

I live in the Constitution State as well. Is there no conservative willing to challenge Shays in the primary? I would work my butt off for any one who meets two requirements:

1. Must be to the right of Shays (not hard to do).
2. Must have some guts.

Who is out there who detests Shays as much as I and could give him a real fight? Frankly, I don't fear that Shays would be so beaten up in a primary that he might fall to Diane Farrell. There isn't a dime's worth of difference between them, and the next election would only be two years down the road.

Perhaps a conservative challenge, even if unsuccessful, would set the table for a future successful challenge.

[whattajoke]

Perhaps a conservative challenge, even if unsuccessful, would set the table for a future successful challenge.

I admire your idealism, Doc. As each year passes, this true conservative challenge seems more and more impossible here. Truth be told, I actually do enjoy a lot of what my town has to offer and you can't touch our autumns (or our Huskies), but I swear, I'm slowly going insane living here!

[Snickersnee]

Perhaps a conservative challenge, even if unsuccessful, would set the table for a future successful challenge.

Not saying he'd want to, but Shays could be a Senator this time next year. Enough Dems are p.o.'d at Holy Joe Lieberman to fracture the party in November. He could "pull a Weicker" and sneak in with, say, 36% of the vote, the kind of thing his mentor did in 1970.