NM/PPP: Bingaman in good shape, open seat competitive if Johnson were to run

[Landslide Lyndon]

Even if Johnson ran, he'd never win a Republican primary. He is too socially liberal for the evangelical/teabagging crowd.

[Landslide Lyndon]

Even if Johnson ran, he'd never win a Republican primary. He is too socially liberal for the evangelical/teabagging crowd.

Ex-Governors usually get a free shot in the primary if they go in.

Just like Mike Castle.

And Charlie Crist.

[Landslide Lyndon]

Even if Johnson ran, he'd never win a Republican primary. He is too socially liberal for the evangelical/teabagging crowd.

Well 1st off it's New Mexico so the evangelical's are not as strong as elsewhere. Then there is the "too socially liberal" thing, the tea partiers main focus is on fiscal issues where he fits them perfectly. If not being a social conservative was as big a deal as your making it to be than Paul would have been taken out in a primary a ling time ago given his districts location.

Heather Wilson was effectively attacked by Pearce as "too moderate" back in 2008.