[Impy]

It’s bizzare that Salmon didn’t run again in 2012 in order to take a minor job in Obama’s HHS department. “ Assistant Inspector General for Audit Services at the Office of Inspector General “

Maybe it pays more.

Ironic that he switched to R after robbing Brock of the office in 2006.

Such a shame Brian Dubie wasn’t able to win the Governorship in 2010.

I guess Vermont is the current title holder of “weakest state GOP”. They’re not even trying.

[BillyBoy]

Yeah, the Shumlin vs. Dubie race was won a razor thin margin of 49%-48%, proving a credible Republican can run very competitively in VT. (shame it didn't happen this year, Dubie would have probably won) It's not like the similarly liberal RAT bastion of Maryland, where the RATs win by a 10 point margin even in "close" races like Steele vs. Cardin.

Again, this proves the VT GOP's status as "weakest state party" is self-indicted, IMO.

Elsewhere, Scott Milne describes himself as a "pragmatic GOP moderate", so I'm assuming he's an Olympia Snowe type RINO. But since the alternative appears to be a kooky "legalize weed" candidate, I suppose we'll have to root for him.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Hawaii holds the title for weakest state GOP. I just saw polling data yesterday that has Abercrombie trailing David Ige, his Democrat primary challenger. Ige appeared to fare even more poorly against Duke Aiona in a general matchup. Barring a disaster, it looks like we’ll take that office back.

It’s amazing after all those years in Congress with the voters approving of Abercrombie that he did a total 180 once back in Honolulu. It’s almost on par with the disastrous showing of Frank Murkowski, who similarly crashed and burned in AK and took third place in the GOP primary in 2006 after a single term as Governor.