Makes sense to me. They're both liberals and only one is currently mired in scandal.
I hope Kudlow doesn't become too complacent. The dem's are using an old Clinton trick: Get out all the dirt now so it doesn't haunt you close to the election. Come November, to most Americans, the contest will once again be a grizzled, old, white psychotic vs a handsome, metrosexual African-American.
And if the best the GOP and the McCainiacs can do to tout their candidate is "He's not Obama", then they're screwed for sure.