[An American!]

"Let me fix these. First, some assumptions. "
I like your summary. Thank you. It is still early but this has been a good discussion and proved in some areas that there is more than one opinion on who is vulnerable and for what reasons. I listed some as vulnerable because I anticipate that they are leaving or pursuing Governor etc.

[An American!]

Here is an update:

Y2006	DEMOCRATS	REPUBLICANS	Vulnerable	Reason	WHO
1	Akaka (HI)		No	No opposition
2	Bingaman (NM)		Yes
3	Byrd (WV)		Maybe	Age	Jay Wolf
4	Cantwell (WA)				John Carlson or Reichert
5	Carper (DE)
6	Clinton (NY)		Maybe
7	Conrad (ND)
8	Corzine (NJ)		Yes	Retire for govenor.	Christie Whitman
9	Dayton (MN)		Yes
10	Feinstein (CA)		Maybe	Vulnerable to the right candidate
11	Jeffords (I) (VT)		Maybe		Howard Dean
12	Kennedy (MA)		Maybe	will turn 75...Health or Retire might be only reason he is not re-elected	Joe Kennedy?
13	Khol (WI)				Tommy Thompson
14	Lieberman (CT)		Maybe	Might not run.	Chris Shays
15	Nelson (FL)		Yes	Probably retire. GOP needs strong Candidate	Jeb Bush or Katherine Harris
16	Nelson (NE)		Maybe
17	Sarbanes (MD)
18	Stabenow (MI)		Yes	Stabenow is weak....does the GOP have a candidate
19		Allen (VA)	No	No opposition	Mark Warner
20		Burns (MT)	Yes
21		Chafee (RI)	Yes	Living in Blue State
22		de Wine (OH)	No
23		Ensign (NV)	Maybe
24		Frist (TN)	Maybe	Likely to seek Presidency in 2008 (drop out in '06)
25		Hatch (UT)	Maybe
26		Hutchison (TX)	Maybe	Might seek governorship
27		Kyl (AZ)	No	No opposition
28		Lott (MS)	Maybe	Rumor he might retire
29		Lugar (IN)	No
30		Santorum (PA)	Yes	Living in Blue State
31		Snowe (ME)	Yes	Living in Blue State
32		Talent (MO)	Yes
33		Thomas (WY)	No	No opposition