The Senators we should target:
1. Mark Dayton. He's a weak incumbent who only got elected by defeating another weak incumbent, he looks like a weenie for closing down his DC office, and we have a perfect opponent in Mark Kennedy.
2. Debbie Stabenow. Barely won in 2000 against a weak incumbent, two perfect opponents in Mike Rogers or Candice Miller in waiting.
3. Maria Cantwell. Freshman who used a personal fortune to win in 2000. The tech stock she owned fell, she may not be able to fund her own campaign again. The question is who do we run?
4. Ben Nelson. As conservative as Nebraska is, and given Nelson's slim winning margin against a mediocre opponent, this seat is in play if we run a capable candidate.
5. Bill Nelson. If Jeb Bush runs, we can win. Otherwise, it will be uphill. If Katherine Harris runs, she'll get clobbered.
6. Hitlery Clinton. If Giulini runs he has the edge. If not, she'll win easily unfortunately.
Other seats could open up depending on retirements. Most of them, however, would start with a slight advantage to the Democrats, as most of the remaining Democratic seats are in Kerry states.
Why do you think Harris will get clobbered? She won statewide twice before, granted, for a less high profile office, but still.
That said, I've said from the beginning: Jeb for Senate, Harris for Governor.
If Engler doesn't run in Michigain, we won't pick it up. Just thought I'd point that out.
There IS nobody to run against Cantwell, barring the extremely unlikely event that Jennifer Dunn, who just retired from the house, decides she wants back in. Otherwise, mine as well not even bother. She may have won in a whisker, but in doing so she brought down the last big name Republican standing. And while she's a fairly typical leftist, she positions herself well.