1. He's not the sharpest knife in the drawer, and can't stand up to the heat of questions about him sliding further and further to the left to garner favor from Nancy Pig-losi. Have you heard him ranting about oil companies? Mister Middle-of-the-Road is suddenly an anti-corporate Socialist slightly to the left of Obama and Che Guevera. (What IS this strange, compelling hold Nancy has over him? Hmmmm....a committee chairmanship?) 2. He doesn't even really have to campaign, because the dregs of society who make up the entire Western two-thirds of the 7th District will vote for anyone with a "D" following their name.