Will The GOP Screw Up Another Sure Win?

From Jamie Dupree: Another seat in the U.S. Senate will be in play in the 2014 mid-term elections, as Sen. Tim Johnson (D-SD) will reportedly announce on Tuesday that he is not running for re-election, presenting Republicans with a prime opportunity to pick up a seat in the Senate, and giving Democrats one more seat to defend.....
On its face, the South Dakota Senate seat would seem to be a prime pickup opportunity for Republicans, a Red state that has voted reliability for the GOP in Presidential elections.
But that's what Republicans thought last year when a seat in North Dakota was up. That's what the GOP thought in Missouri in 2012.
And the GOP Trail of Tears in recent Senate elections extends much further than that, with head shaking losses in 2010 in Nevada, Colorado and Delaware.
Republicans probably have a chance to truly compete for open Senate seats in West Virginia, Iowa, South Dakota and Michigan; but New Jersey in 2014 would seem to be a longshot.
As for Johnson, there has been speculation for several years that he would not run for re-election, after suffering a stroke in late 2006 which left his speech slurred and forced him to use a wheelchair.  http://www.wsbradio.com/weblogs/jamie-dupree/2013/mar/25/more-change-us-senate/
Tis should bean easy win for the Republicans, but sadly, the GOP has screwed up so many Senate elections, it wouldn't surprise me if they nominate RINO instead of a conservative.