[staytrue]

If there are 30 red states capable of producing 60 GOP senators

Because there are not 30 red states. There are maybe 20 with the rest like Ohio, Florida Missouri, Iowa, New Mexico, Nevada are swing states where GWB won by less than 3 percent.

[California Patriot]

Good point. Many of our simplistic brethren forget how close the 2004 election was -- what a long night it was.

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

Because there are not 30 red states. There are maybe 20

You're skipping the point that there are just as many (if not more) swing 'Rat states, such as PA, MN, NM, WI, etc. You battle those out as available.

In doing so, you passed right by my point of stopping spending precious resources trying to defend obvious Blue states when there are obvious Red state seats just waiting to be captured.

Keeping the national GOP the hell out of primaries altogether would be another postive step - which they also will not do.

[AuH2ORepublican]

"/i/If there are 30 red states capable of producing 60 GOP senators/i/"

"Because there are not 30 red states. There are maybe 20 with the rest like Ohio, Florida Missouri, Iowa, New Mexico, Nevada are swing states where GWB won by less than 3 percent."

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President Bush carried 31 states in 2004, 27 of them by over 4.5%, 25 by over 7% and 22 by over 10%. Kerry, on the other hand, only won 13 states by over 4.5%, 12 states by over 7% and 7 states by over 10%. The GOP has a HUGE natural advantage in Senate elections.