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From Hotline:

Can Harkin be beat? If so, what kind of candidate can beat him?

This is Iowa — any politician can be beat with the right candidate and the right campaign. The right candidate to run against Harkin is one that provides voters a clear contrast in not only policy but in personality and diversity of background. In 2006 Senate races, Democrats across the country played contrast well with their candidates - that is what would need to be done with Harkin in order to be successful.

So basically, Republicans are looking for a conservative who is also mean and isn’t from Iowa. Mayb for good measure they could find someone who dodged the draft. Let’s be real here - Tom Harkin is never losing an election for the rest of his life.

The rest of the interview is standard fare, although it is pretty funny to see his six “up-and-coming” Iowa Republicans include three recent election losers and a 52-year-old state auditor.

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