The past 24 months have been a whirlwind of success for Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairman Charles Schumer, the senior Senator from New York. In the last two elections combines, Democrats have gone from moderate minority to powerful majority, picking up a total of 12 seats, and maybe more if close contests in Alaska, Minnesota, or Georgia turn out in their favor.

In 2010, Senate Republicans will likely be on defense once more, defending more incumbent-party seats than Democrats for the third straight election cycle. And even before the Class of 2008 is sworn in, the DSCC is already preparing strategies for the next battle.

Sam Brownback - Kansas - Brownback has already announced that he’ll be retiring at the end of this term. In any case, the Democratic candidate would likely be the term-limited and very popular Governor Kathleen Sebelius, who could give any GOP Kansan a run for their money

Arlen Specter - Pennsylvania - In a swing state like Pennsylvania (which has voted Democrat in presidential contests consistently going back to the 1980s), expect Specter- who announced his intention to run again- to draw a good fight. At 80 years old, he’s likely to bring some good Democrats out of the woodwork. Governor Ed Rendell will be term limited at age 66, making him a viable possibility. Also mentioned is PA native and Hardball host Chris Matthews, though the MSNBC star has downplayed his aspirations.

John McCain - Arizona - Few believe that McCain will seek another term in 2010, when he will be 74 years old, and two years removed from a second unsuccessful presidential run. In fact, he may not wait until 2010 to throw in the towel. But whatever he decides, popular Democratic Governor Janet Napolitano - who, like Rendell and Sebelius, will be term limited - would be a scary candidate for any Republican hopeful.

David Vitter - Louisiana - Vitter is a young man who squeaked into office in 2004 with a very narrow victory. But his real problem is that his name turned up on the “DC Madam’s” list of high-profile johns who’d used her alleged prostitution service. That could be enough of a wave to wash Vitter out of office, but their success depends on recruiting a strong candidate to run. Mitch Landrieu, the

Kit Bond - Missouri - Bond is a three-term Senator who typically has no trouble whatsoever getting reelected. But early polling shows that he may be vulnerable, at least partially as a result of his alleged involvement in the US Attorney firing scandal. One family name in particular is popping up as a threat to Bond: Carnahan. Secretary of State Robin and Representative Russ, the son and daughter of former Governor Mel and former Senator Jean, are both being mentioned as possible candidates.

Richard Burr - North Carolina - Burr initially won election to the Senate in 2004 to replace John Edwards. Because of Democrats wild success in 2008 in North Carolina (in which it won the state’s electoral votes for the first time in decades, managed to maintain control of the governor’s mansion, and unseated a well-known Republican Senator), they’ll go after Burr at full speed. Possible Democratic candidates include Mike Easely, the popular Democrat who just finished his second term as governor.

Jim Bunning - Kentucky - Hall of Fame pitcher and Kentucky Senator Jim Bunning barely snuck back into his job in what was a great year for Republicans back in 2004. Bunning is unpopular at home, to say the least. Democrats have some hope for Kentucky, especially considering that the recently elected Governor, Steve Beshear, managed to unseat Republican Ernie Fletcher after only one term.

George Voinovich - Ohio - Like North Carolina, Ohio is a state in which Democrats have seen a lot of success recently. Senator Sherrod Brown won an upset to beat incumbent Republican Mike DeWine in 2006. That same year, Democrat Ted Strickland became governor, and in 2008, Barack Obama became the first Democrat to win Ohio for the first time since the 1990s. Because Ohio has several large cities (Cincinnati, Columbus, Canton, Cleveland), they should be relatively competitive.

Mel Martinez - Florida - Though Mel Martinez isn’t particularly unpopular, the competitiveness of Democrats in the state will probably make him a major target in 2010. Democrats already have one of the two Senate seats, overwhelmingly reelecting Democrat Bill Nelson in 2006. Moreover, Martinez won with less than 50% of the vote in 2004, which automatically puts him on the Democratic hit list.

If we really fix our election process (no purging, no caging and no black-box voting machines), we'll never see another Republican majority in our lifetimes.

You'll never see another Republican majority because of the neocon's radical agenda. Period.