[BlackElk]

1. Joni Ernst---Iowa

2. Cory Gardner---Colorado

3. Jeff Bell----New Jersey

4. Mike McFadden---Minnesota

5. Tom Cotton---Arkansas

6. Whoever---Alaska

7. Whoever----Louisiana

8. Terri Land----Michigan

Republicans will win Montana, West Virginia, and South Dakota. Four of the above eight makes Reid the MINORITY Leader. No guarantee that will save the Republic but worth giving them a chance. Each of the eight Demonrats in 1-8 have richly earned defeat on the merits. My personal favorites of the eight above are Joni Ernst, Jeff Bell (policywise the very best) and Cory Gardner.

[Theodore R.]

I think I read that Jeff Bell is like the NJ population pro-abortion, but I may be mistaken. I know he was head and shoulders above Bill Bradley in 1978 though not in stature.

[Theodore R.]

All 8 races look very difficult to me; kind of like climbing Mt. Sinai if not Mt. Everest.