[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

Wouldn’t put NJ in the same class as those others. By the way, what about the other 5 seats?

[Alberta's Child]

I agree. After Chris Christie's victory in the New Jersey governor's race last year, I'd say the GOP could win New Jersey if they put up the right candidate and they run a strong, no-nonsense campaign.

The biggest problem the GOP has in New Jersey is that the kind of candidate who can mount a winning Republican campaign in this state -- a tough, no-nonsense person who doesn't care what the media may think about him/her -- is the kind of person who has no interest in serving in the U.S. Senate. Other than Christie, we have had some of the dullest, most marginal people on the planet win statewide races in New Jersey in recent years. I'll offer Jim McGreevey, Jon Corzine, Frank Lautenberg and Christy Whitman as perfect examples of this.

[nhwingut]

Wouldn’t put NJ in the same class as those others. By the way, what about the other 5 seats?

You are aright I missed a couple of big possible pickups for the GOP: VA and OH. The others are RI (no shot), NY (depends on Giuliani or Pataki), CT (not sure what Lieberman does) and VT (If popular governor Jim Douglas gets in he could put a scare into Bernie Sanders).

[BelegStrongbow]

I see the targets as MI, MO, NE, NJ, ND and VA.