Blumenthal will win.
The problem is, the GOP needed a better candidate to pull of a win in CT. McMahon is fairly moderate but she has enough baggage to fill up a couple of 747s. I knew it from the beginning, the GOP should have chosen Rob Simmons.
McMahon is the best possible Republican candidate for Connecticut. She has the money to advertise. Simmons simply would not have. There's not a ton of difference between McMahon and Simmons on social issues.
This isn't over. Blumenthal's disastrous answer to how you create jobs is generating some buzz, at least in the right-wing blogosphere. And the McMahon campaign's ads seem to be hinting at another Blumenthal lie to be exposed. Plus, the DSCC is pouring money into the race, suggesting Blumenthal is more vulnerable than most think.
I've always said McMahon needs another Blumenthal gaffe to have a shot at winning. It hasn't happened yet - but Blumenthal seems to be perfectly capable of it.
