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I might remind you that even if the False Messiah becomes as unpopular as Bubba in ‘94, we STILL knocked off only 2 sitting Dem incumbents in the Senate that year. We usually only make our gains through their retirements while they pluck ours off at will (absent retirements in ‘94, we may have failed to capture that body).

I think we might have knocked off Meztenbaum, Riegle, and Deconcini. The later two were damaged by the Keating Five, and Meztenbaum had low approval ratings by 1994 (His son-in-law wasn't helped by his familial relation to the senator). But Mitchell's seat wouldn't have budged with him running again.

If Vitter steps down, our SecState Jay Dardenne could run for the seat. He probably should have run against Landrieu instead of Kennedy.

"I think we might have knocked off Meztenbaum, Riegle, and Deconcini. The later two were damaged by the Keating Five, and Meztenbaum had low approval ratings by 1994 (His son-in-law wasn't helped by his familial relation to the senator)."

Possibly so, but not necessarily a guarantee. They all might've pulled off close reelections, all of which would've only moved us up to the mid to high 40s. I still can't believe OH Democrats were stupid enough to run Joel Hyatt, a little snot-nose with no election experience. Although perhaps not the best choice, ex-Gov. Dick Celeste might've made it a closer race. Ditto Bruce Babbitt in AZ to replace DeConcini, although with his ties to the Clinton cabinet, that probably would've doomed him.

"But Mitchell's seat wouldn't have budged with him running again."

Quite so, ditto that of OK's David Boren, who stepped down before his term expired.

"If Vitter steps down, our SecState Jay Dardenne could run for the seat. He probably should have run against Landrieu instead of Kennedy."

I'm more than a little pissed at the undermining of Kennedy. Here the party took the time to get this guy to switch parties and cultivate him to run, and then they yank the rug out from under him and all these RINO piggies feeding at the trough go running to Sen. Brownroots to cover her. Her election in the first place was a fraud and it should've been at the top of the party agenda to bounce her ass back to New Orleans. I swear it's almost as if this party REALLY doesn't even want to win office. I really think the biggest enemy of the Republican party isn't the media, isn't the Democrats, it's the Republican party itself.