Looking ahead to 2012 [Senate races...]

The Washington Post ^ | Nov. 3, 2010

[Bulwinkle]

Senate Democrats could face an even greater challenge two years from now when they must defend numerous seats in swing states, albeit with President Obama on the ballot...[see the graphic]

[Bulwinkle]

Hitting them now might nudge them to reach across the aisle to the REPUBLICAN HOUSE.

[KansasGirl]

Claire McCaskill in MO should be the GOP’s #1 Senate target. Roy Blunt defeated Carnahan last night by 13 pts. in MO. Too bad McCaskill now has warning and will moderate. She is a left-wing Rat hack who does whatever Harry Reid tells her to do.

[pgkdan]

33 Senate seats are up in 2012 and 21 of those are held by ‘Rats and 2 by Independents. This is why I’m confident there will be no lame duck shenanigans. Most of those 21 want to come back in 2012 and they’re not going to do anything to piss off the folks back home. Not yet anyhow.

[NRG1973]

Hmmm...23 Senate seats from the democrat caucus will be up for re-election in 2012 versus only 12 GOP Senate Seats. Thats why I don’t think much will be accomplished in the lame duck session of congress later this month.

[SueRae]

Casey in Pa. will be up, too. But he has his family name in the Scranton area and his position is currently an heirloom.

[TitansAFC]

NE should be a pickup.

ND is vulnerable, but I don’t think we have a candidate who’d win.

MT is an automatic flip if we can get Racicot to run against Tester.

DE can be won back with (yikes!) Mike Castle in 2012.

WV? Maybe, but Webb is popular.

OH? Possible, but we need a GOOD candidate to do it.

Hi? Lingle? Would she even run?

FL? Maybe. See: OHIO

[Lazlo in PA]

I don’t see that happening to much. Manchin put himself in a box for his ‘12 re-election. He will look like a Repub. I don’t see to may others up in ‘12.

That is why this cycle was always the better shot at a GOP Senate. The D’s up are really awful Libtards. 20 are up. I am looking forward to getting rid of Casey.

[westmichman]

Is it time to delete Karl Levin?

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"when they must defend numerous seats in swing states, albeit with President Obama on the ballot."

Yeah, exactly why we like our chances to take the Senate in 2012. Because Obama will be on the ballot. As an aside, Joe Manchin can't pull the usual say anything to get elected then be a rubber stamp for the Obama machine. He's only filling out Byrd's term. He's up for re-election in 2012.

[frogjerk]

Looking ahead to 2012 [Senate races...]

Take a second and BREATHE!

[WILLIALAL]

And remember, McCaskill was one of the first senators to endorse Obama and campaigned hard for him. The GOP needs to work especially hard to oust her.

[kevkrom]

DE can be won back with (yikes!) Mike Castle in 2012.

I thought the whole Castle thing was that he was going to warm the seat for 2 years (for Beau Biden) and then retire. Is he really going to want to run for Senate at age, what, 74 or so, against Biden?

[lormand]

Kay Bailey Hutchison is up for re-election in Texas. Time to replace her in the primary.

[Lazlo in PA]

Casey has his hands all over stopping gas drilling. That alone with his lisp makes him vulnerable.

If we could find a moderate Catholic R to run, he’s gone. Bill Scranton is still on the back burner I hear.

[Mobties]

“.... albeit with President Obama on the ballot.”

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Democrat senators’ chances of re-election would appear to be better if Obama were not on the ballot.

[frogjerk]

Menendez is up for reelection in NJ in 2012. I want this dirtbag OUT!

[deport]

Class 1 Senators who's term expires in Jan. 2013.

Democrats

Republicans

Akaka, Daniel K. (D-HI) Bingaman, Jeff (D-NM) Brown, Sherrod (D-OH) Cantwell, Maria (D-WA) Cardin, Benjamin L. (D-MD) Carper, Thomas R. (D-DE) Casey, Robert P., Jr. (D-PA) Conrad, Kent (D-ND) Feinstein, Dianne (D-CA) Gillibrand, Kirsten E. (D-NY) Goodwin, Carte P. (D-WV) Klobuchar, Amy (D-MN) Kohl, Herb (D-WI) McCaskill, Claire (D-MO) Menendez, Robert (D-NJ) Nelson, Ben (D-NE) Nelson, Bill (D-FL) Stabenow, Debbie (D-MI) Tester, Jon (D-MT) Webb, Jim (D-VA) Whitehouse, Sheldon (D-RI)

Barrasso, John (R-WY) Brown, Scott P. (R-MA) Corker, Bob (R-TN) Ensign, John (R-NV) Hatch, Orrin G. (R-UT) Hutchison, Kay Bailey (R-TX) Kyl, Jon (R-AZ) Lugar, Richard G. (R-IN) Snowe, Olympia J. (R-ME) Wicker, Roger F. (R-MS) Independents Lieberman, Joseph I. (ID-CT) Sanders, Bernard (I-VT)

[freespirited]

I’ve read that Lingle IS interested in running.

As for Webb, I am not sure he will run again. Not clear that he likes the job all that much. His approval rating was about 10 points below Warner’s last time I saw data. Odd, because Warner’s voting record is more liberal.

[70th Division]

Comb over Karl? Yes Yes Yes. And they we go after Debbie too in 2016

[TitansAFC]

Wow!

We have zero - ZERO - vulnerable seats.

Unfortunately, it looks like we’ll need 4 seats (or 3) to take the Senate in 2012. that’s a tall order. Good candidates could do it, though (Racicot, Scranton, Castle, Lingle, etc.).

Also, Manchin and Coons are up in 2012 (not on the list).