[rightwing2]

My friend who had been recruited to run against her as a Republican of native heritage, but who decided against it at the last minute has got to be kicking himself at this missed opportunity to defeat her.

[ValerieUSA]

Write-in campaigns work. Republican Linda Smith, WA, made it to Congress that way.

[the bottle let me down]

My friend who had been recruited to run against her as a Republican of native heritage, but who decided against it at the last minute has got to be kicking himself at this missed opportunity to defeat her.

I kind of doubt it. Mink is sick and hospitalized. It makes it really difficult for her opponent to campaign against her--too much like picking on the weak, you appear to be a bully.

It's kind of like the problem Ashcroft had when Carnahan's plane crashed. How do you campaign in this situation without the press calling you insensitive?