We had 232 last Congress. As for take back seats, how about all of them?"
WE lost several seats that were "Kerry" districts in 2004. I'd assume they would be hard to take back.
OTOH TX-22, Delay's seat, is now occupied by a Democrat who 'won' with 49% against the GOP write-in getting 46%! This is a 60% GOP district and a credible candidate will beat Lampson.
So that is a top-tier "Take Back" seat. My question is: What are the others?
All three Indiana seats, especially IN-9.
Some guesses:
TX-22
AZ-08
AZ-5?/JD Hayworth's district
FL-16/Foley (run Negron again)
FL-22 Shaw
CO-7 ?
IN-8,9,2
IL-6 Melissa Bean, again
Defeat Space Cadet in Ney's district
PA - Retake Weldon seat, melissa hart seat
Retake Pombo seat
Try again in the Barrow seat in Georgia.
Lampson has represented part of this CD 22 before; people there are more liberal than many think, but most just don't know how to write in a candidate. It's too tough a task for them.