And let’s not forget that we’re in exactly the position that I warned about last week and was scoffed at, running a wide-open field in 2018 for Franken’s seat when I was assured that we’d instead have a female incumbent with a year’s worth of achievements to run upon. If I were a GOP strategist, I’d consider it manna from heaven: A contested seat in a purple state up for grabs 2 years early, where there is a number of strong Republican contenders and no Dem incumbent but instead a fill-in placed due solely to her gender and the former incumbent forced from office in disgrace in a political controversial fashion.