Strongest *potential* candidates for each seat?

[morgieb]

Arizona: Flake, Goddard
California: Arnie? (Cali doesn't seem to have many good Republicans)
Connecticut: Murphy, Rell
Delaware: Castle
Florida: Bush
Hawaii: Hirono, Lingle
Indiana: Donnelly (assuming Bayh doesn't want to come out of retirement)
Maine: King, Michaud, Raye
Maryland: Erlich
Massachusetts: Patrick?
Michigan: Engler? (Michigan doesn't seem to have many stand-out Republicans)
Minnesota: Pawlenty
Mississippi: Taylor
Missouri: Talent? (see Michigan)
Montana: Rehberg
Nebraska: Kerrey, Heinemann
Nevada: Berkley
New Jersey: Christie
New Mexico: Heinrich, Martinez
New York: Guliani
North Dakota: Heitkamp, Dalrymple
Ohio: Taylor? (see Michigan and Missouri)
Pennsylvania: Ridge
Rhode Island: Cariceri
Tennessee: Bresden
Texas: Dewhurst, White
Vermont: Douglas
Virginia: McDonnell
Washington: McKenna
West Virginia: Capito
Wisconsin: Feingold, Thompson
Wyoming: Frudenthal

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

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[Talleyrand]

I don't think California would want anything to do with Arnie again. Tom Campbell would be a very good candidate, but still lose by a heavy margin. I think he would have done significantly better against Boxer in 2010 than Fiorina.

For Montana, not Rehberg. I'd go with former Governor Marc Raciot.

[Miles]

Maybe Ross Miller for Nevada.

[Talleyrand]

Maybe Ross Miller for Nevada.

Or Catherine Cortez Masto, the Attorney General. Both were seen by Reid as being preferable to Berkley.

[morgieb]

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Who would you recommend? Coakley lost to Brown, and Warren's too easily portrayed as an DFEL.

I don't think California would want anything to do with Arnie again. Tom Campbell would be a very good candidate, but still lose by a heavy margin. I think he would have done significantly better against Boxer in 2010 than Fiorina.

For Montana, not Rehberg. I'd go with former Governor Marc Raciot.

wrt to Arnie, it's got more to do with the Republicans bench in Cali being tiny. But Campbell probably could've beaten Boxer, so fair enough.

And yeah, Raiciot is probably better than Rehberg - he was leading by a larger margin than Rehberg in preliminary polling.

Maybe Ross Miller for Nevada.

Or Catherine Cortez Masto, the Attorney General. Both were seen by Reid as being preferable to Berkley.

Fair enough. I forgot about Miller whereas I don't know Masto.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

Who would you recommend? Coakley lost to Brown, and Warren's too easily portrayed as an DFEL.

Warren is easily the best candidate Democrats have here, and one of the few who could seriously give Brown a race. The challenge is that Scott Brown is the political equivalent of a rockstar in the state. The only way to beat a rockstar is with another rockstar.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

California: Arnie?

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