Boss Tweed, do some reading on the 1990 Paul Wellstone Senate race in Minnesota.
Wellstone was a college professor with no political office experience and next to no money who was down by almost 40% in the polls directly after the Democratic primary to an incumbent Republican Senator with a 70% approval rating and $6 million in his campaign fund.
Guess who ended up winning that race and became one of the most popular politicians in Minnesota history?
The moral of the story is that anyone can win. Money and good poll numbers help, but they are far from deciding factors.
As with Wellstone vs. Boschwitz, I don't think DeWine is likely to use religious slurs against Brown.
