Posted on 01/02/2003 11:58:19 AM PST by rface
‘RATS (19 seats)
(Arkansas) Blanch Lincoln
(California) Barb. Boxer
(Connecticut) Chris. Dodd
(Florida) Bob Graham
(Georgia) Zell Miller
(Hawaii) Dan. Inouye
(Indiana) Evan Bayh
(Louisiana) John Breaux
(Maryland) Barb. Mikulski
(Nevada) Harry Reid
(New York) Chuck Shumer
(North Carolina) John Edwards
(North Dakota) Byron Dorgan
(Oregon) Ron Wyden
(South Carolina) Ernest Hollings
(South Dakota) Tommy Dasshole
(Vermont) Pat “Leaky” Lehy
(Washington) Patty Murray
(Wisconsin) Russ Feingold
GOP (15 seats)
(Alabama) Shelby
(Alaska) Murkowski
(Arizona) MaCain
(Colorado) Campbell
(Idaho) Mike Crapo
(Illinois) Pete Fitzgerald
(Iowa) Charles Grassley
(Kansas) Sam Brownback
(Kentucky) Jim Bunning
(Missouri) Kit Bond
(New Hampshire) Judd Gregg
(Ohio) George Vionovich
(Oklahoma) Don Nickles
(Pennsylvania) Arlen Specter
(Utah) Rob Bennett
Gee, that's what we thought here in Calif. Grayout Davis bankrupted the state and still was re-elected going up against a pro-business, businessman.
Liberal dems are too stupid and ignorant to know when they are getting the royal shaft. Most are too brainwashed to even give conservative arguments a second thought. They think "civic duty" means going out on electrion day and voting for democrats.even if they've never heard of them before. The main qualifier for their vote is that they are NOT Republican.
No chance at all for Keyes against Mikulski. This is a heavily Dem state (in population, not in geographic area. Most voters live in Baltimore and the DC suburbs)
Steele, the newly elected Lt. Gov. is a moderate GOPer, but the Blacks taunted him with Oreos at almost every stop. Keyes would get a worse reception, and probably bring out more of the Black vote for Mikulski.
Either of them could be tempted to run as a GOPer, too. Both are relatively Conservative Dems, and both are fairly disgusted with their party just now.
That could be a 2 seat pick-up right there.
Rep. Greg Walden (OR-2)
I don't know. I guess that's kind of an insult to innocent pieces of crap everywhere.
Specifically, the law prohibits filing for two offices in one election. There's no question that if Daschle wins the Democratic nomination for President, that he could not run for both this and the Senate seat at the same time (as Joe Lieberman was able to do in 2000 - running for both VP and Senate in CT).
The question is, does Daschle have to file for anything in SD in order to seek the Democratic nomination for President? If not, he's safe until or unless he wins said nomination. The filing deadline for the Senate race doesn't come until after we'll already know who the Democratic nominee for President is. So, if no filing is necessary to merely seek the Presidential nomination, Daschle could make a run, and if he comes up short, would still have time to file for the Senate race (and that would be the only race he'd file for, putting him in compliance with the law).
Keyes has already run for the senate in Maryland, against Mikulski, in fact, and against Sarbanes before that. He's not one to be intimidated by cookies. Keyes would be great at getting out the conservative message and reinforce the GOP commitment to genuine diversity, although the fact that he's been-there done-that takes away from the effect.
But who? I'll repeat my position on an earlier thread...The state party in the Evergreen (eew) State has 3 "X"s in front of the "S" on the tag of their jock strap. We (to date) get no help from the RNC. Murray (D-Osama) will be re-elected.
(California) Barb. Boxer -- SAFE. Stop wasting money trying to defeat 'RAT incumbants in the People's Socialist Republic of Kalifornistan.
(Connecticut) Chris. Dodd -- Safe.
(Florida) Bob Graham -- Theoretically beatable, but very unlikely
(Georgia) Zell Miller -- Safe. Yes, Georgia GOP kicked butt in 2002, but even half the "freepers" here have been brainwashed into thinking Zell, the CFR/pro-abortion/Clintonite/FDR lover is "consevative"
(Hawaii) Dan. Inouye -- Only theoretically beatable because of the age issue. If he were to "retire", GOP would have a slim chance of winning.
(Indiana) Evan Bayh -- Safe
(Louisiana) John Breaux -- Rock-solid safe
(Maryland) Barb. Mikulski -- Pretty safe.
(Nevada) Harry Reid -- Beatable, but very unlikely unless there's some kind of scandal here.
(New York) Chuck Shumer-- Safe unless Giuliani runs.
(North Carolina) John Edwards -- VERY likely GOP pickup. They won't have to face Edwards though, he'll be out harboring presidential aspirations.
(North Dakota) Byron Dorgan -- Demographically and geographically, this SHOULD be an easy win for the GOP...except the Dakotas continue to defy logic and support 'RAT Senators.
(Oregon) Ron Wyden -- Probably safe.
(South Carolina) Ernest Hollings -- Beatable, but tough. The ol' goat is ruthless and a very entrenched "tradition". But would lean GOP if he doesn't run.
(South Dakota) Tommy Dasshole -- Vunerable, but also ruthless. Also, he might be running for Pres. by that time. Thune would likely win an open seat.
(Vermont) Pat “Leaky” Leahy -- Safe, but I said that about the VT Gov., then the people snapped to their sences and elected a conservative for the first time in several decades.
(Washington) Patty Murray -- Safe
(Wisconsin) Russ Feingold -- Shouldn't be safe, but probably is.
GOP (15 seats)
(Alabama) Shelby -- Safe.
(Alaska) Murkowski -- Beatable. We're talking about LISA Murkowski, an untested moderate who was appointed due to nepotism. Thanks for nothing, Frank.
(Arizona) McCain-- Tossup. Could be ousted in primary, if not, he'd probably win the general
(Colorado) Campbell -- Safe.
(Idaho) Mike Crapo -- Safe.
(Illinois) Pete Fitzgerald -- Depends on his opponent. Best odds = Pete vs. Carol Mostly-Fraud again. Worst odds: Pete vs. Dan "pretty boy son of a machine politican" Hynes, the state comptroller.
(Iowa) Charles Grassley -- Safe
(Kansas) Sam Brownback -- Safe
(Kentucky) Jim Bunning -- Beatable, but the 'RATs will find it an uphill battle.
(Missouri) Kit Bond -- Slightly vunerable. Missouri is a swing state, nobody has ever been particually wild about Bond.
(New Hampshire) Judd Gregg -- Safe
(Ohio) George Vionovich -- Safe. Ho-hum.
(Oklahoma) Don Nickles -- Safe.
(Pennsylvania) Arlen Specter -- Scottish-law man is vunerable. The old far should retire honorably, but he won't and we'll have to dump him in the primary.
(Utah) Rob Bennett -- Rock-solid safe.
(Arkansas) Blanch Lincoln -- odds are in her favor, but possible GOP pickup if Huckabee or Asa Hutchinson were to run.
(California) Boxer -- DiFi's weak sister is vulnerable to a strong challenger -- coordinate with Dubya's campaign and pour resources into the race.
Florida) Bob Graham -- could be an open seat, otherwise unlikely.
(Georgia) Zell Miller -- Probably an open seat: probably run a congressional candidate.
(Nevada) Harry Reid -- Beatable, but very unlikely he won by 500 votes last time and has thousands of new voters -- he will likely face Rep. Jim Gibbons. Toss-up.
(North Carolina) John Edwards -- if not Johnny, Erskine would be a strong candidate if he ran again -- ditto for one or two other rats. Rep Richard Burr for the GOP in any case. Lean GOP.
(North Dakota) Byron Dorgan -- Dubya wants to convince a reluctant ex-Gov. Schafer to run: poll has race at 49-44 Dorgan.
(South Carolina) Ernest Hollings -- He's toast, new voters to state don't like dinosaurs, hopefully Rep Jim DeMint will be the one to take him down. Hollings' aide has been squashing retirement rumors and pushing the line that Hollings will now have the influence that Strom had.
(South Dakota) Daschle -- hopefully open, could be Janklow or Thune.
(Vermont) Pat Leahy -- please let's give him a real challenge, even if we're gonna lose anyway.
(Washington) Osama's bitch -- May now be vulnerable to a strong challenge, again coordinated with Dubya's campaign.
(Wisconsin) Russ Feingold -- Shouldn't be safe and isn't -- Russ won by a pubic hair last time and is more vulnerable than Wellstone was in Minnesota.
Steele, like Ehrlich, is not going to make anti-abortion laws the hallmark of his programs. Keyes, on the other hand, has that as the foremost of his program.
Being personally pro-life is quite different than promoting anti-abortion laws for those who don't agree.
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