She was a good enough candidate to take down the most powerful figure in the Delaware Republican party. She’s also eons better than about 70% of the losers in the Senate today.
Sorry, comparing her to sitting Senators is meaningless. She did not win. Without winning a senate seat and establishing a record, we can all fantacize about million other people who will be better than current Senators.
That in itself should earn our respect. That was a race where I felt it was better to defeat Castle than to win the seat. I know that’s not the consensus opinion, but at some point it’s better to let the other side get blamed then to give them “bipartisan” support.