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« on: May 01, 2009, 09:18:55 PM » |
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His opponent in 2008 was the Speaker of the VT House. I don't know how you could get all that much more prominent. The real difficulty for the state Democrats is that they don't have an issue to really attack Douglas on because things in Vermont are mostly going swimmingly--and there isn't much cry to get rid Douglas because the legislature can override his vetoes whenever it wants.
He's probably pretty secure until he decides the gig is up. He's not popular enough to win some other statewide office, even in an open seat, but he's not unpopular enough to lose reelection, and unlikely to become so. (Gay marriage might have proven a wedge issue against him, but only if the veto-override had failed.)
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