Imagine a 2012 senate like this

[SoCalDem]

There will be a FLOOD of money going into these races, and even if Obama wins a second term, I can see a LOT of dems losing their seats.. Did anyone really expect Feingold to lose?

Other than Brown & possibly Snowe, I don't see us getting ANY of theirs, no matter how much money we pour in..and look at all the seats we WILL have to spend money on..BIG MONEY..

* 4.1 Democratic incumbents
o 4.1.1 Dianne Feinstein of California..........hold
o 4.1.2 Tom Carper of Delaware.....................hold
o 4.1.3 Bill Nelson of Florida...........................GONE
o 4.1.4 Daniel Akaka of Hawaii.......................hold
o 4.1.5 Ben Cardin of Maryland.......................hold
o 4.1.6 Debbie Stabenow of Michigan..........hold?
o 4.1.7 Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota.............GONE
o 4.1.8 Claire McCaskill of Missouri...............GONE
o 4.1.9 Jon Tester of Montana........................maybe
o 4.1.10 Ben Nelson of Nebraska....................GONE
o 4.1.11 Bob Menendez of New Jersey.........GONE
o 4.1.12 Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico........GONE
o 4.1.13 Kirsten Gillibrand of New York.......hold
o 4.1.14 Kent Conrad of North Dakota..........GONE
o 4.1.15 Sherrod Brown of Ohio.......................GONE
o 4.1.16 Bob Casey, Jr. of Pennsylvania.........GONE
o 4.1.17 Sheldon Whitehouse of R. Island.....hold
o 4.1.18 Jim Webb of Virginia............................GONE
o 4.1.19 Maria Cantwell of Washington...........hold
o 4.1.20 Joe Manchin of West Virginia...........GONE
o 4.1.21 Herb Kohl of Wisconsin........................GONE
* 4.2 Independent incumbents
o 4.2.1 Joe Lieberman of Connecticut.............dem win
o 4.2.2 Bernie Sanders of Vermont..................hold
* 4.3 Republican incumbents
o 4.3.1 Jon Kyl of Arizona
o 4.3.2 Richard Lugar of Indiana
o 4.3.3 Olympia Snowe of Maine..................dem win maybe
o 4.3.4 Scott Brown of Massachusetts......dem win maybe?
o 4.3.5 Roger Wicker of Mississippi
o 4.3.6 John Ensign of Nevada
o 4.3.7 Bob Corker of Tennessee
o 4.3.8 Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas
o 4.3.9 Orrin Hatch of Utah
o 4.3.10 John Barrasso of Wyoming

[azurnoir]

1. well in Minnesota 'rumor' has it that Michelle Bachmann

may be running against Amy Klobuchar in '12, now do not get me wrong IMO about the only thing of note she's done was her vote to repeal DADT however if it came down to her or Bachmann I think she would win and rightfully so but really I would like to see another Dem in her place perhaps Mike Hatch

[SoCalDem]

2. With the vast amounts of money being available, anything is now "possible"

I like Amy, but...who knows anymore:(

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3. You assume the political terrain will remain the same as it is now. It will not. nt