That seems like a solid list to start with...
Just damn.
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Posted on 11/06/2004 3:54:21 AM PST by deaconjim
Ok, we've got two years. We know we need to pick up at least 6 seats. Assuming that we won't have a 100% success rate, we should probably choose at least 8-10 Democrat (or independent) seats to work on.
We have seen that we can make a difference in the outcome of elections. Let's put ourselves to work and help get W a fillabuster proof Senate.
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Will she run in '06? I say she doesn't so she can concentrate on '08.
To give Sen Dayton the ridicule he so richly deserves, let him be known from this point on as "Evacuatin' Dayton". What a doofus!
He just got reelected last week. Youve got to wait another six years for him. Maybe he will retire then or maybe Bush can nominate him for ambassador to Scotland.
I read that Chafee is making noises about leaving the Repub. party. Good riddance as far as I'm concerned; he voted like a Democrat more than a Repub. anyway. Don't know if he's gonna go to the Dems. or do the Indy thing that Jim Jeffords did.
Not only do we have to target those up for re-election, but we have to have some great people in place to run against them!
I doubt that we will target the obvious ones in the Midwest and Plains states. Bush will probably talk to each of them and promise not to raise money for or campaign for a Republican opponent in their states to get their votes to end fillibusters on court appointments and other issues or import to Bush.
Robert [pork barrel] Byrd, W.VA.
if Hillary didn't read the tea leaves correctly, she will proceed with her quest for the White House .. will she also run simultaneously for the NY Senate? This is a seat that Pataki could probably pick up (assuming Rudy takes a cabinet position and also tries for the WH .. if not, he could get the seat). Interestingly, TWO from NYS would be running for POTUS, but that's for another thread another time.
I'm going to assume Bobby Sheets Byrds will announce his retirement; WV should be an easy pick up.
Dayton has shown himself a total fool and the GOP in MN is starting to emerge from long darkness in the land of DFL.
Not too sure Nelson in FL is as vulnerable as it appears, unless Jeb wants a go at the Senate, which I doubt.
West of the San Andreas Fault would be the best location to give God and Nature's god first option.
Besides, Senators from liberal states rarely get to be president... Hillary will NEVER get elected. We should all pray that she runs for president in order to put the last shovel of dirt on the Liberal Democrats and stomp it down. Every single "close" race that the Clintons have campaigned for has lost.
She is the "perfect" candidate for the Dems and the "perfect" candidate for the Republicans.
I think that Michigan, Nebraska, and maybe Wisconsin, but forget the other Blue states and Rino states... they will waste resources and money from the ones we can nail.
Unfortunately, Boxer and Feinswine are safe in the People's Republic of California. Those seats will remain Socialist until they bury me and far beyond. Better to choose someone more vulnerable.
--Boris
That seems like a solid list to start with...
Just damn.
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I disagree. He approval numbers in NY are very, very low and she may decide to avoid a loss in 2006 by resigning her seat.
Either way, we need to run a strong candidate to take back one seat in NY for all those upstate that are not so liberal. If we take it from Hillary, she is finished for 2008.
First, we have to keep the ones we have.
There will probably be the following aging Democratic Senators retiring:
Daniel Akaka (Hawaii)
Paul Sarbanes (Maryland)
Ted Kennedy (Massachusetts)
Robert Byrd (West Virginia)
Open seats are usually the priority, but all of these states usually elect Democrats. Dianne Feinstein California is another possible retiree.
The following Democratic Senators are vulnerable:
Mark Dayton (Minnesota)
Ben Nelson (Nebraska)
Maria Cantwell (Washington)
The following Democratic Senators are favored but potentially beatable to one degree or another:
Tom Carper (Delaware)
Bill Nelson (Florida)
Hitlery Rodham Clinton (New York)
Jim Jeffords (Vermont)-nominal independent, de facto 'Rat.
Herbert Kohl (Wisconsin)
I essentially agree with your analysis with the following caveats.
Santorum is very vulnerable in PA with Rendell also up for re-election... perhaps our most endangered Republican. This seat must be saved.
Top RATS to target: Dayton, Stabenow, Nelson of FL, and I would move Cantwell up, as well.
Destroy Jim Jeffords for his treachery.
We may have a freshman D in NJ if Corzine runs for governor in 2005 -- essentially an open seat.
Give PIAPS a good run, regardless. The point is not to defeat her (though that would be fine) but to bruise her up politically heading into 2008... and make her consume a lot of time and $$$ fighting for re-election. It also keeps her off the campaign trail helping other RATS raise $$$.
If we want to make a BIG statement we need to target somebody that symbolizes the party: Kennedy, Kerry, Biden, etc.
<< Which Dem Senators should we target for defeat in 2006? >>
Every last one of the bastards!
And every last RINO.
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