Mark Halperin

You know, Governor Kemp got Derek Dooley into the race to make sure that he thought he'd be the best general election candidate.

He's not proven to be all that great so far.

So once again, I say.

I think this is, some of my sources say Democrats, Republicans' best pickup opportunity.

I think it'll be close.

Ossoff's not going to win in a landslide in a red state.

But I think this is tougher because the other two are open seats.

But once again, I say, if Ossoff loses his race because Collins or Carter or Dooley turn out to be a super strong candidate, good luck to the Democrats in taking the majority.

They won't do it if they lose any of those three.

So, again, you start out saying Democrats must basically go three for three in New Hampshire, Michigan and Georgia.

And they could they could win all three.

As I said, I wouldn't be surprised if Republicans won them, but I wouldn't be surprised if Democrats did.

So now you move to the next of the second three in these the six that are our main focus.

All of these are currently Republican held seats and Democrats could win them all.

But let's go through why none of them are gimme's.

First of all, Maine.

OK, in Maine, Susan Collins is the incumbent.

Democrats have tried to beat her every six years.

Maine has increasingly become a tough state.

New England's become a tough region for Republicans.