The question is, can someone to the right of her get elected in her state?
Here in my Michigan district we’ve got a marxist democrat congressman but can and probably will turn hard right with the election of our former congressman who is a staunch social and fiscal conservative (not to mention the fact that he’s a Baptist minister)
Our governor’s mansion can also go far to the right of Jenny Granholm but probably not as far to the right as my district.
In the end it all comes down to what the voters will accept.
You forgot to factor in the shenanigans of ACORN and the great experience the Dems have in voter fraud. (remember the "created jobs" in districts that do not exist and the elections where more dem votes were cast than the number of eligible voters in that district.) We need observant and fearless poll watchers and election judges to stop this especially in the union soaked northeast.