National Journal Senate rankings

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Odd why they would put Franken on there; he's safe D, IMHO.

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Odd why they would put Franken on there; he's safe D, IMHO.

Same with Warner, but 15's rounder than 13. I might quibble with MI ahead of CO given that MI is reliably blue federally, but that's about it.

Indeed. Both are safe; but I would say that CO's seat is alot more up for grabs (I use that loosely...) than Michigan.

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Virginia, NH, and Minnesota are all Safe D.

New Hampshire depends on if Scott Brown enters in the running (which I doubt he will). Shaheen does not have a big war chest, too.
 

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Virginia, NH, and Minnesota are all Safe D.

New Hampshire depends on if Scott Brown enters in the running (which I doubt he will). Shaheen does not have a big war chest, too.
 

Scott Brown is extremely overrated. He trails Shaheen in every poll, and would be labeled a carpet bagger, which would turn a lot of people away from him. Besides, if he was going to run, he would've gone after the Massachusetts Governor race. I doubt he's running

There is no doubt that him running in New Hampshire would turn people off.

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Spencer Abraham won the last Michigan open seat.

Which was in 1994...and then he promptly lost six years later.

1994 was not a easy year for Democrats, too.

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+1 to krazen and windjammer. Michigan seems to be the GOP's Arizona - always tantalizingly in reach, but voters will wind up coming home to the Democrats unless it's a wave.

The gubernatorial race is more complicated though.

The same thing could be said about Pennsylvania, but even more so.