and i dont buy the argument that his seat, if vacated, would go 'automatically' dem.
Who's going to retain it?
nh has a rather large state legislature, im sure there are more than a few republicans capable of winning statewide.Except that New Hampshire just said in 2006, quite forceably, that they are sick of the Republicans in their state legislature.
BTW, New Hampshire has a huge State House but a tiny State Senate, so there are relatively few really senior people ready to make a run at a US Senate seat.