Which 2014 senate seats might be "thrown away" by Republicans?

[Orser67]

Obviously it's early, but which seats do you think Republicans are in danger of losing (or failing to win) due to nominating poor candidates?

Edit: I messed up the poll. I guess vote for what state you think Republicans are most in danger of losing to nominating a poor candidate.

[RogueBeaver]

Possibly Georgia if Broun or Gingrey were nominated. That's it.

[ElectionsGuy]

Georgia is the obvious one here, and the one I'm truly worried about. Montana is possible too, but is pretty R leaning and anti-Obama. We still don't know whether Daines will run, if he does republicans won't have to worry about that seat.

[Niemeyerite]

North Dakota is the obvious answer.

[windjammer]

Every seat can be thrown away. Never underestimate the tea party!

[RogueBeaver]

TP wouldn't throw LA away in themselves, but Maness getting any traction would help Landrieu in her quest to avoid a runoff.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Pretty much any of them, especially the competitive ones.

And I don't think North Dakota has a Senate election in 2014.

[publicunofficial]

Georgia is the obvious pick, with West Virginia a distant second.



They might nominate a nutjob in Iowa, but it's not like they have a candidate who can beat Braley  anyway.

[Miles]

GA, of course.

They might not throw away KY per se, but Bevin may be able to damage McConnell for the general.

[NewYorkExpress]

Unfortunately,  none of the above... they'll win the seats they're supposed to win (SD WV MT, AR) and nothing more.

[morgieb]

Georgia. Alaska. Maybe West Virginia or if Cochran retires Mississippi. And in some ways, possibly Kentucky (reckon Bevin could damage McConnell but Bevin is far closer to Johnson than Akin so if he were to win he'd probably be favoured).

[HAnnA MArin County]

Colorado now that Ken "I don't wear high heels" Buck is running.

[tmthforu94]

Colorado now that Ken "I don't wear high heels" Buck is running.

I don't think it was ever favored to begin with.

Georgia is an obvious choice - no way we should lose there and we have some strong candidates running. Kentucky could be listed as well due to the Bevin challenge, along with West Virginia if Capito is primaried. Luckily, I think we're pretty set up to take South Dakota, Montana (if Daines runs), and Arkansas (I maintain the belief Cotton runs away with it). It looks like we'll also get our best recruit in Alaska (Treadwell), and we have a nice challenger to Landrieu as well. Top that with a strong recruit in Michigan and I'd say 2014 will be much better than 2012 was.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Georgia, Alaska, and Louisiana. Seats they needed for taking over the senate. The candidates like Cassady and spoilers like Miller aren't strong enough to beat the Dems in those races. We all know why the public don't want a tea party congress. Shutdown govt to defund obamacare.

[windjammer]

Colorado now that Ken "I don't wear high heels" Buck is running.

I don't think it was ever favored to begin with.

Georgia is an obvious choice - no way we should lose there and we have some strong candidates running. Kentucky could be listed as well due to the Bevin challenge, along with West Virginia if Capito is primaried. Luckily, I think we're pretty set up to take South Dakota, Montana (if Daines runs), and Arkansas (I maintain the belief Cotton runs away with it). It looks like we'll also get our best recruit in Alaska (Treadwell), and we have a nice challenger to Landrieu as well. Top that with a strong recruit in Michigan and I'd say 2014 will be much better than 2012 was.

Be careful with Louisiana Isaac, Cassidy has some problems with the base, the tea party could explode this target easily!

[7,052,770]

Potentially any of them.  The charm of the Tea Party is that you can't what they'll be screwing up this far out!

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Any of them. The charm of Youtube and the smart phone is that an off the cuff remark can be instantly transmitted all over the internet and become national news. Examples of this can be found with Ken Buck (though that was a tape recording), Allen, Thompson and Romney with the 47% remark. It seems to skew towards the establishment or long time politicians incidentaly, largely because they haven't adjusted the new world of media.

[Smash255]

Georgia is the obvious choice.  There are plenty of others they could screw up, but out of those Georgia is the one they should have the best chance of winning and also the state most likely to nominate a nutter that can't win at this point.