North Carolina — Dole.
I had been watching the developments for the odd little story that is the North Carolina Senate race for 2008. The Democratic Party had been having a hell of a time recruiting someone to run against Elizabeth Dole, a formidable task. Chuck Schumer and the gang had keyed their eyes on Kay Hagan, who initially declined, but has now since announced that she is running.
In the interim, by default, the Democratic candidate was likely to be a wealthy self-financed candidate named Jim Neel, who was once asked if he was gay, and answered in the affirmative.
It is not difficult to imagine the possibility that the party was seeking out that big-name candidate to no avail, ready to write the seat off — more or less, then redoubled their efforts swerving back to convince Hagan to get back in the race because an openly gay man would be a drag down-ticket.
Well, that’s just a guess. Figure it out from people watching more closely.
In other news of Democrats who have no shot in picking up a seat in the South who are running, did you notice that Artur Davis, apparently running in Alabama, was #89 in the Telegraph’s list of the 100 Liberals?  I know for a fact that the answer is no. It is the type of thing I noticed, and I’m gathering I’m the only one.