Kyl to retire

[freepcrusher]

If thats the case, Flake may be screwed. His glaring vulnerability is an issue at the top of GOP primary voter's minds, and Franks is on the right side of that arguement.

Although he has an ACU of 96, Flake appears a lot more rational and levelheaded then Trent Franks. Franks is a fundie pervert.

[freepcrusher]

If Giffords is incapacitated and Napolitano doesn't want to run, then Ed Pastor is honestly the only decent candidate. He is the most sr member of the delegation and has survived wave elections like 1994 and 2010. He could also help increase Hispanic turnout.

[freepcrusher]

Terry Goddard or Felecia Rotellini (the AG nominee who did the best of all the statewide Dems last year) would be decent candidates. I don't really see how Pastor would be a great candidate; he's a liberal Hispanic Democrat in a safe district.

Yeah, Liberal Hispanics don't play particularly well in Arizona.  Any democrat who wants to be competitive statewide has to pretend to no oppose to S.B. 1070 (or whatever one the immigration bill was), as its still widely popular there, and I'm pretty sure he staunchly opposes it.

he's still a better candidate than Raul Grijalva