In the run-up to the election, when the focus was to get out the vote, I spent a beautiful day at the Right Wing Tavern in Woodstock.  Interviewing statewide candidates was on the plate, and Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA) was stumping for votes all over Georgia.  Isakson's seat was one of the safe ones.  The Georgia Democratic Party was not able to get a strong candidate to run, and Isakson has been a fixture in Georgia politics.  He is beloved by the left and the right but most importantly by independent voters, an unusual asset in today's political world, even in a Red State like Georgia. Ultimately, his opponent, State Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond, could not garner even 40%, and Isakson won easily.

Sen. Isakson got the wheels in my head spinning towards 2012.  I didn't want to go there, but I had to.  The Lame Duck session, Senator Isakson pointed out, is the beginning of the 2012 election, and in the next two election cycles, Democrats have the most to lose in the U. S. Senate.  

In the Senate, one-third of the Senators are up for re-election every two years.  This year was unusual.  There would normally have been 33 seats up for grabs in the Senate.  Due to death, retirement and other circumstances, there were 37 this year.  

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