the R's try to protect incumbents. if a moderate challenges a conservative incumbent, the party will support the conservative and vice versa and should irey become an incumbent 2 years from now, the party will support her too.
the best example was the party support of bush over mccain in 2000 as bush was the annoited one.
rassmussen has her down by 12 though.
It will be a difficult, but not impossible race to win.
Do you have a link for that poll (spit)?
I'd like to see such a poll. Down by only twelve at this point would be very nice. But you are the only person I've seen so far to claim there is any poll on this race.
Go ahead. I dare you. Make me change my tagline! ;-)