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Actually, this is taking the conspiracy theory waaay too far. She ran in this district two years ago, and lost to Mark Kennedy 54%-46%. Kennedy had won in 2002 with 57% against a much weaker female opponent, after upsetting the incumbent David Minge when the district was redrawn in 2000. She'd originally planned to run for the Senate this year, but withdrew after polling well behind the eventual Dem nominee, Amy Klobuchar. She violated a pledge she'd made to a more conventional Dem politician, Elwyn Tinklenberg, not to run against him for the 6th District nomination. I don't think anyone in the Dem establishment wanted her to run this year, so I don't think the conspiracy angle holds up. She made herself a national authority on missing and exploited children after her son was abducted 17 years ago, (her only area of expertise,) so was sort of a natural choice for this week's response, under the circumstances.

Oops, goofed that up. The district was redrawn for 2002. Kennedy's original district was southwest Minnesota. After the redraw, it became a very Republican-friendly northern suburb district.

so was sort of a natural choice for this week's response, under the circumstances.

The problem is the ad was so way over the top, that it turned people away from her.