It's been known for a while that Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), the third highest-ranked Democrat in the Senate, would not face any real opposition for his seat in 2010.
But with the New York's already feeble Republican Party focused on challenging newly-appointed Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in the 2010 special election, it's looking more and more likely that Schumer could run unopposed.
In 2004, when Schumer was last up for reelection, the GOP's sacrificial lamb lost to Schumer 71% to 24%--the widest margin of defeat in the Empire State's history. He also already has a $10 million campaign war chest ready to go just in case.
If you were a New York Republican with anything to lose, would you want to challenge Schumer? Yeah, I didn't think so.
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