[deaconjim]

Good list. I think, from the discussions I've read up to now, that we can all agree on these. Here they are again, reformatted:

Senate seats we should go after are:

Hillary's in NY (RUDY!),

Bill Nelson's in FL (JEB!),

Debbie Stabenow's in MI (Congressman Rogers, Congresswoman Miller or ex-Governor Engler should do the trick),

Mark Dayton's in MN (Congressman Mark Kennedy),

Ben Nelson's in NE (Governor Johanns) (although I think Ben Nelson will switch to the GOP next year),

Maria Cantwell's in WA (Dino Rossi if he ends up falling short in the still-being-counted gubernatorial election; otherwise I don't know who),

Mark Conrad's in ND (Governor Hoeven),

Robert Byrd's (if he retires) in WV (maybe Congresswoman Capito or state Senator Jay Wolfe),

Dianne Feinstein's in CA (Condi Rice?),

Thomas Carper's in DE (Congressman Castle),

Paul Sarbanes's (if he retires) in MD (Lt. Gov. Steele),

Jon Corzine's in NJ (Steve Forbes or Congressman LoBiondo),

Jeff Bingaman's in NM (Congresswoman Wilson?),

Herbert Kohl's in WI (ex-Governor Thompson?), and

Jim Jeffords's in VT (Governor Douglas).

[AuH2ORepublican]

Thanks for reformatting my list. I didn't notice how unreadable it ended up being.

[Agrarian]

1. Conrad's first name is Kent -- a minor point for the record. Hoeven should be able to give him a run for his money in ND. Again, even if we don't win these seats, we need to contest them, and not just write them off.

2. Is there any hard evidence that Nelson is considering jumping to the GOP in Nebraska. And is he someone we would want?