There are a couple of them at least who will do battle in the primary.
Smith is considered one of the most vulnerable Republican incumbents.
This is interesting:
In recent weeks, Smith has sided with Democrats on a variety of issues, including an expansion of federal funding for the state Children's Health Insurance Program. He co-sponsored legislation with Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy that would allow the federal government to help states prosecute attacks on homosexuals.
His office even sent out a press release touting Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's kind words about Smith in a recent interview with Newsweek magazine, though Clinton's politics are disliked among die-hard Republicans.
It sounds like he isn't hard right enough.
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