Very good summary of the facts with one exception. Attorney General Troy King is a Republican, not a Democrat. His dispute with Governor Riley cost him the nomination in the recent primary.
Who would she lose? And I'm not suggesting she be just any ol' [Kennedy] Catholic ... I'm suggesting it would nice if she became a "powerful" Catholic ... like Mother Teresa ... I'm not saying Evangelicals would not support a Catholic, but many would have trouble supporting an Evangelical who converted to Catholicism.