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Breaux and Miller are the two most conservative and most popular Democratic Senators. They are untouchable. Miller is the last viable Democrat in Georgia, so an open seat would easily go GOP.

Anyone have news on ousting McCain and Specter?

Breaux and Miller are the two most conservative and most popular Democratic Senators. They are untouchable. Miller is the last viable Democrat in Georgia, so an open seat would easily go GOP.

I do hope Breaux retires so we can get a shot at his seat. (If Terrell wins this Saturday, we could grab both of Louisiana's seats. Sweet!) I guess it'll depend on what he wants to accomplish, he would still wield influence as being one of Bush's "go between" Democrats. If he does step down Billy Tauzin or David Vitter will probably step up to fill the seat, in which case the election would probably go a lot smoother than the whole Cooksey-Perkins-Terrell fiasco we've been through already.

Anyone have news on ousting McCain and Specter?

Pat Toomey has term-limited himself and is rumored to be seeking a primary challenge to Specter. Specter is already packing his war chest for a fight and may have to reregister subruban Democrats that vote for him in the general election as Republicans so they can vote for him in the primary.

No word on McCain, I don't think he's said whether he'll retire or not or if a primary challenger has arisen yet.