Your writings appear fairly well considered. As for that cross you mentioned, I believe you severely underestimate the RNC's ability to destroy as well as create candidates. From speaking to lower members of her existing staff, it is quite clear to me that many left under threat from the GOP that if they continued their efforts they could kiss their political careers goodbye, a threat which many currently on board have defied, to their credit.
And lets us not forget the severe damage done to her public image by a hateful leftmedia that would simply love to see her dead. Six years of character assassination has a very powerful cumulative effect, even on people who like her. Funny how that words.
Sincerely believing this from all I have heard, read and personally observed, one thing that bugs me the most is that, since the RNC and, consequently, the Florida GOP, has actively worked to undermine her campaign from the get-go, the least they could have done is have a couple of viable candidates in the wings to replace her and guarantee a Republican winning over Nelson, something they have obviously not done with the few sorry, no-name offerings they have coughed up at the last minute. Pathetic, if you ask me.
Last year the rumors were flying that retired army general Tommy Franks might have been in the running. Now THAT would have made a lot more sense.
As it is, the GOP has done more to ensure Nelson continuing his Senate career more than anything the DNC could have done. What are your opinions on that?