1.   Embattled Republican incumbents avoid his company, but challengers and candidates in open seats revel in the money and attention he brings.

2.   Embattled incumbents have done even better with their colleagues.

3.   It was a classy campaign exit for an embattled incumbent.

4.   Not surprisingly, a lot of the money found its way into the districts of embattled incumbents, including Sanford Bishop.

5.   Right before the mid-term elections last November, for instance, he journeyed to Nashville and filed a memorable dispatch about the plight of embattled incumbents.