In Pennsylvania, we are already preparing to unseat Casey, Jr.
might be a lot of smoke in the air by time that election comes around
2012 may be a bad year for Senate Dems. I see at least 9 seats in play. 1 GOPer seat in play (Scot Brown). If any one disagrees, please say so.
Rats
Tom Carper of Delaware - safe
Daniel Akaka of Hawaii - safe
Ben Cardin of Maryland - safe
Bob Menendez of New Jersey - safe (unless Christie runs)
Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico - safe
Kirsten Gillibrand of New York - safe
Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island - safe
Maria Cantwell of Washington - safe
Herb Kohl of Wisconsin - semisafe
Bob Casey, Jr. - semisafe
Dianne Feinstein of California - semisafe
Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota - semisafe
Bill Nelson of Florida - In trouble
Claire McCaskill of Missouri - In trouble
Jon Tester of Montana - In trouble (won in 2006 due to false pretenses)
Kent Conrad of North Dakota - In trouble
Sherrod Brown of Ohio - In trouble
Jim Webb of Virginia - In trouble
Joe Manchin of West Virginia - In trouble
Debbie Stabenow of Michigan - In deep trouble
Ben Nelson of Nebraska - goner
GOP
Jon Kyl of Arizona - safe GOP
Richard Lugar of Indiana - safe GOP
Roger Wicker of Mississippi - Safe GOP
Bob Corker of Tennessee - Safe GOP
Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas - Safe Gop
Orrin Hatch of Utah - safe GOP
John Barrasso of Wyoming - safe GOP
Olympia Snowe of Maine - Safe
John Ensign of Nevada - safe
Scott Brown of Massachusetts - In trouble
At least six of the Republicans should be primaried out by the TEA Party. Let’s find attractive candidates, ideally with a strong military background, and begin grooming them for their service to America.
Two years is “no time” in politics.
Reference for more info:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2622393/posts
Feinstein will (seriously) be 80 by then.
KBH is supposedly going to retire.
However, she was also supposed to retire after the gubernatorial primary this past cycle.
We need to make sure that she is gone in any case. Time to start looking for a suitable replacement, now.
Then, once we do that, we need to rid ourselves of Cornyn.
Much work to be done.
How can any Senate Democrat who voted “Yes” to any form of Obamacare be considered safe? Their vote needs to be tied around their neck like a millstone and then cast them into the sea of former Congresscritters.
thank you
Handy reference. Thanks for posting it.
The twelve vulnerable Democrats at this early date are:
§ 3.1.3 Bill Nelson of Florida
§ 3.1.6 Debbie Stabenow of Michigan
§ 3.1.7 Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota
§ 3.1.8 Claire McCaskill of Missouri
§ 3.1.9 Jon Tester of Montana
§ 3.1.10 Ben Nelson of Nebraska
§ 3.1.12 Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico
§ 3.1.14 Kent Conrad of North Dakota
§ 3.1.15 Sherrod Brown of Ohio
§ 3.1.16 Bob Casey, Jr. of Pennsylvania
§ 3.1.18 Jim Webb of Virginia
§ 3.1.21 Herb Kohl of Wisconsin
The Five Republicans that ought to be replaced with better candidates are:
§ 3.3.2 Richard Lugar of Indiana
§ 3.3.3 Olympia Snowe of Maine
§ 3.3.6 John Ensign of Nevada
§ 3.3.8 Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas
§ 3.3.9 Orrin Hatch of Utah
In looking at the list, I think we have a legit shot at taking at least 10 of those seats.
Someone like Michael Williams should be able to win her seat, handily.
Unfortunately, Cornball isn't up 'til 2014.
The only seats in doubt on our side are Maine (only if Snowe is primaried), Mass., and Nevada.
Thanks for posting.
Mark Begich in Alaska comes up for election in 2014. Until this election I would have said he was toast. However now that the murkowski republicans have shown their true colors and willingness to ally with the leftist I don’t know anymore. Begich is truly vile, but then again so is our other republican senator.