And, given his trailing poll figures, she believes it’s working.

In all, many of her criticisms of Franken echo Republican charges, with the message that he’ll lose this fall.

As an alternative, she has little more political experience — she served on the Sunfish Lake City Council — but much stronger Minnesota ties and familiarity.

She has a lifetime of professional work here and her father, Lord Miles, was a Minnesota attorney general and longtime federal judge.

Still, despite all her experience in Minnesota, one of her biggest challenges is to convince Democrats that the contest isn’t over.