Then why are so many dems are dropping out to make way for us? Think about it....
Occam’s razor. They don’t think they will win in 2010. The dems dropping out are in districts/states where they don’t have a good chance.
If you can show me examples of dems dropping out in strongly liberal regions, then I’ll give a bit more weight to the notion this is some stealth electoral jiu-jitsu plan.
Remember, should the economy and nat security situation worsen, the impact would barely be felt by protected politicians.