http://feeds.dailykos.com/~r/dailykos/index/~3/47228170/253This should've been, by all means, a year in which the Republicans made gains. Or, at the very least, held their own. That Rove killed his party's Senate majority by making gambits for New Jersey, Maryland, and Michigan will go down in infamy. Had he spent some of that money earlier on Burns in Montana, we'd probably have a 50-50 Senate today. And they never should've lost Virginia.
Perhaps not so coincidentally, those are our two people-powered Senators -- Webb and Tester.
Republicans underestimated our ability to identify quality leaders and flex our muscles in those Red states. And thus, it was the two biggest netroots-backed candidates that literally pushed the Senate into our column. Feels pretty darn good!
In any case, 2008 looks far, far different. If all goes well, we should be lining up for an absolute slaughter of the GOP. In two years, Republicans will be defending 21 seats, to 12 of our own. A large number of those Republicans will be freshmen.
Bottom Line:
Top Democratic Pickup Opportunities: Colorado, Kentucky, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Oregon, Tennessee, and Virginia.
Potential Democratic pickup opportunities: Mississippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma.
Top GOP Pickup Opportunities: Louisiana, New Jersey, South Dakota
Potential GOP pickup opportunities: West Virginia
A more complete look at the 2008 races below the fold.
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