[nospinzone]

This past election we had to allocate a lot of resources into protecting our own seats (North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Tennessee, New Hampshire, Colorado, Arkansas) and we were still able to gain 3 seats (Missouri, Georgia, Minnesota), came close to winning 2 (South Dakota, Louisiana) and only lose 1 (Arkansas). This time around we won't have the load we had to carry before and we can use more of our resources to gain more seats. Depending on how many retirements we get, we can do pretty well.

[Jeb08]

ZELL MILLER TO RETIRE...

...the retirement of Miller, my favorite Democrat, should turn Georgia into our #1 pickup opportunity. GOP candidates may include Reps. Jack Kingston and Johnny Isakson and former School Superintendent Linda Schrenko. I think that Kingston is our top candidate; he is young, experienced and articulate. I'm guessing that ex-Gov. Roy Barnes will be the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination.