karenhasfreedom on November 8, 2012 at 8:30 PM

We’ll knock off Begich. He nearly lost to 90 year old Ted Stevens who had all that legal stuff going on back in 2008. I can’t imagine Palin passing up a chance to be relevant again.

Possibly AK and AR, since they are red states. I don’t know how much home support they have across party lines.

LA is very red now, perhaps it is time to retire that legacy of that Dem family name.

Levin is so old in MI. Dunno about the GOP bench strength. Unfortunately the GOP candidate this year was severely underfunded and could not respond to the mediscare lies that Stabenow told in all of her ads.

How entrenched is Al Franken in MN?

NC could be an easy pickup.

What about SD and VA?

On the GOP side, would Collins run again? Conservatives badly want her out, but we saw how the Snowe seat predictably went this week.

Grahamnesty, can we afford to primary him and get him out? He is all over this benghazi thing.

And if the GOP caves on immigration “reform”/amnesty, is it all over anyway?

2014 Senate Seats Up for Re-election:

Listing by state, Name, party, Year first elected, and current age:

AK, Begich, Dem, 2008, 50
AR, Pryor, Dem, 2002, 59
CO, Udall, Dem, 2008, 63
DE, Coons, Dem, 2010, 59
IL, Durin, Dem, 1996, 68
IA, Harkin, Dem, 1984, 73
LA, Landrieu, Dem, 1996, 57
MA, Kerry, Dem, 1984, 69
MI, Levin, Dem, 1979, 78
MN, Franken, Dem, 2008, 61
MT, Baucus, Dem, 1978, 71
NH, Shaheen, Dem, 2008, 65
NJ, Lautenberg, Dem, 2002, 88
NM, Tom Udall, Dem, 2008, 64
NC, Hagan, Dem, 2008, 59
OR, Merkley, Dem, 2008, 56
RI, Reed, Dem, 1996, 63
SD, Johnson, Dem, 1996, 66
VA, Warner, Dem, 2008, 57
WV, Rockefeller, Dem, 1984, 75
AL, Sessions, GOP, 1996, 66
GA, Chambliss, GOP, 2002, 69
ID, Risch, GOP, 2008, 69
KS, Roberts, GOP, 1996, 76
KY, McConnell, GOP, 1984, 70
ME, Collins, GOP, 1996, 60
MS, Cochran, GOP, 1978, 75
NE, Johanns, GOP, 2008, 62
OK, Inhofe, GOP, 1994, 78
SC, Graham, GOP, 2002, 57
TN, Alexandar, GOP, 2004, 61
TX, Cornyn, GOP, 2002, 60
WY, Enzi, GOP, 1996, 68

Listing by state, Name, party, year first elected and current age:

AK, Begich, Dem, 2008

Seriously, I know someone close to him that has confirmed he is in the early stages of the disease.

Frank Enstine on November 8, 2012 at 3:20 PM

I guess I forgot to close the </sarcasm> tag.

phreshone on November 8, 2012 at 2:55 PM

So the solution is to get rid of primaries?

Because running moderate insiders worked SOOOOOOO well in Massachusetts and Wisconsin.

Steve Eggleston on November 8, 2012 at 2:02 PM

Give me a break. The people here and the conservatives at other sites were all over Brown with hate. Many said they would rather have Warren then such a RINO as Brown because there was no difference between them. You folks got your wish and drove out the RINO in MA so suck it up.

Steve Eggleston on November 8, 2012 at 2:02 PM

Wisconsin and Virginia I’ll give you. But Massachusetts? He was the best candidate we could possibly have in that state. and he was the incumbent. It’s just that they would rather have a liar than a Republican working for them. May they reap the whirlwind.

Steve Eggleston on November 8, 2012 at 2:02 PM

Whoa, back up there. Akin was rather stupid to let that fly. But I’d accept that we proffered candidates that were “more circumspect” in their dealings with the press.

Because after all: 1) All Republicans are held responsible for the errors of any Republican. 2) All Republicans are also held responsible for the errors of Democrats – because “both parties do it/are the same”. 3) No Democrat pays the price for the errors of any Democrat – it’s an isolated issue or if it can’t be safely ignored/party affiliation not stated, they will share it with Republicans (see rule 2).

“Oh sure,” Reid said. “Why not?”

“Because they pay’s good, I got a nice office, and I don’t have to do jack squat.”

If you look at the races, we could win a lot more than 3 as long as our candidates aren’t imbeciles like Akin. If some of the Dems retired like Harkin in IA or Rockefellar in WV it could be even better.

gsherin on November 8, 2012 at 1:53 PM

Because running moderate insiders worked SOOOOOOO well in Massachusetts and Wisconsin.

It could happen unless the NRSC gets their collective stuff together. The GOP should theoretically be able to pick up at least 3 seats in 2014(maybe more if Obama’s 2nd term goes horribly). 2016 might be tougher though since they already won the most winnable seats back in 2010(aside from Harry Reid’s).

Doughboy on November 8, 2012 at 1:33 PM

Which, of course, means Dingy Harry gets back to 60 in 2014. The establishment won’t back any conservatives again, and conservatives will return the favor again.

If you look at the races, we could win a lot more than 3 as long as our candidates aren’t imbeciles like Akin. If some of the Dems retired like Harkin in IA or Rockefellar in WV it could be even better.

Why? Is that when the statute of limitations expires?

JohnGalt23 on November 8, 2012 at 1:33 PM

No – that’s the mandatory age of Renewal under PlaceboCare.

In other news – Biden Breathes Sigh of Relief