My only argument with you is how much will the NRSC waste on him, like they did with Fiorina in CA? I’d rather have the NRSC directing their money towards ousting democrats like Conrad in ND and McCaskill in MO.
These wussy republicans in liberal states are money drains that rarely get us a conservative vote (see Arlen Specter). Spend money on conservatives, let these liberal republicans (Snowe, Brown) fend for themselves in 2012.
I agree with you on NRSC, RNC and other Republican national organizations misspending money. They have not been good at targeting races that are winnable.
From a tactical perspective, the move in the Northeast is to deny Dems seats. This is the same argument we made with Raese and Manchin in reverse. Old Joe Manchin may vote with Republicans on most issues but his most important vote—the vote for Senate leader—is for the Dems and that is a lot of power. Brown may vote wrong on issues sometimes (but certainly not all times) but he will vote for the GOP senate leadership.