I'd like to propose a question. Or rather a set of questions. I provide here the senate seats that are up for re-elect this cycle. I want to know which will stay Republican, which will stay Democrat, which will switch. I want to know which party wins these seats.
I ask in part because I want to gauge optimistic or pessimistic politico-views. Clearly it is too early to be too knowledgeable here. Still. I want people down on paper, so there's a great deal of I-told-you-so's later on (in either direction)
Democratic seats:
Arkansas (Blanche Lincoln)
California (Barbara Boxer)
Connecticut (Christopher Dodd)
Florida (Bob Graham)
Hawaii (Daniel Inouye)
Indiana (Evan Bayh)
Louisiana (John Breaux)
Maryland (Barbara Mikulski)
New York (Charles Schumer)
Nevada (Harry Reid)
North Dakota (Byron Dorgan)
Oregon (Ron Wyden)
South Dakota (Tom Daschle)
Vermont (Patrick Leahy)
Washington (Patty Murray)
Wisconsin (Russ Feingold)
Republican Seats:
Alabama (Richard Shelby)
Alaska (Lisa Murkowski)
Arizona (John McCain)
Colorado (Ben Nighthorse Campbell)
Idaho (Mike Crapo)
Iowa (Chuck Grassley)
Kansas (Sam Brownback)
Kentucky (Jim Bunning)
Missouri (Christopher Bond)
New Hampshire (Judd Gregg)
Ohio (George Voinovich)
Pennsylvania (Arlen Specter)
Utah (Robert Bennett)
Open seats:
North Carolina (John Edwards-D)
Illinois (Peter Fitzgerald-R)
Oklahoma (Don Nickles-R)
Georgia (Zell Miller-D, which is generous)
South Carolina (Fritz Hollings-D)