I am sorry we didn’t hold Indiana, and failed to take Missouri, Montana and North Dakota, all of which should have been gimme’s, even with Obama winning by 3 points. But, 2014 should be a bumper crop for us, with a real possibility of taking the Senate.
SD - this is a terrific “recruit”
Other states in which we we should do well:
AK
LA
NC
WV
The following states I put in the “depends” category. That is, depends on candidate recruitment.
IA - Terry Branstad?
MN - Tim Pawlenty?
NJ - Chris Christie?
VA - Bob McConnell?
What about:
AR - Why doesn’t Mark Pryor come over to our side? There is no future for Democrats in this state.
CO - We need a concerted effort to restore our party to competitiveness in this state
NH - ditto
FINALLY I don’t see any of our seats at risk.
The map is very favorable to us.
RINO Collins in Maine is the only Republican up in bad state and she is popular.
Georgia could be an open seat if Chambliss is primaried out. Should not lose it either way,
We need 6, I’d like more.
There are 20 rat seats up. Only a few would I initially write off, like DE and IL.
If John Kerry joins Osama’s cabinet Scott Brown could win his seat.
AK - Gov. Parnell should run
LA - Gov. Jindal may run (though I prefer Rep. Jeff Landry)
NC - race hasn’t shaken out yet, though the State House Speaker Thom Tillis may run
WV - Rep. Shelley Moore Capito has already declared (minor expectation that Rockefeller may retire, especially with his now visceral antipathy to the coal industry)
IA - Terry Branstad? - unlikely, he’ll be running for another term as Governor (he passed on running against Harkin in 1990 when he should have). Rep. Steve King should take on Harkin.
MN - Tim Pawlenty? - I believe he is leaning towards running.
NJ - Chris Christie? - He’s more focused on his reelection campaign for next year.
VA - Bob McDonnell? - It’s expected he will run against Mark Warner, although his more immediate concern is making sure the VA Governorship stays in GOP hands with Atty Gen Cuccinelli, as the Lt Gov Bolling is making sounds about running 3rd party (which would hand the office to moonbat Dem Terry McAuliffe)
AR - Why doesn’t Mark Pryor come over to our side? There is no future for Democrats in this state. — Because Pryor is from a premier Democrat family and he is a liberal. We have three Republicans (excluding Rep. Griffin, who removed himself from contention) who can run against Pryor. I’m leaning towards Rep-elect Tom Cotton.
CO - We need a concerted effort to restore our party to competitiveness in this state — We’ve had a disastrous turn there running weak or unpopular candidates. Rep. Mike Coffman is a possibility. He has won statewide office as Secretary of State. At present, I have no idea who will run for Governor (which is also up in ‘14).
NH - ditto - One I’m stumped about. Sununu, Jr. may mount a rematch against Shaheen. However, since both GOP House members were defeated by ultra-moonbats, other than the legislature, we don’t have much of a bench. It may be a period when the state will swing wildly back and forth every two years.