I just read today (granted, it was the first time I've had a chance to sit down and read extensively in over a year,) what the criteria were for The DKos Dozen. How did Sam Barend make it on there? Am I mistaken, did she not appear on the list? Let's look at this:
Sam is a very nice and exceptionally smart person; I like her alot, but:
She was running in an open seat
Her opponent could not raise money anywhere outside of his race
She had only a very slim chance to win from the beginning
She was running in (solid blue) New York State