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That's true as well, but it is an easy House seat for her to win, and once you're in the House, you automatically gain a little credibility than you have when you're just a kooky state official. All she has to do to get rid of the Kook Factor is just lay low and be respectable in the House for a few years and wait for Reid to retire(or die, since besides resigning, Democrats aren't fond of letting go of power until it's pried from their dead hands).