GOP dread: Dems could hit 60 Senate seats -"looking increasing plausible"

[Pirate Smile]

GOP dread: Dems could hit 60 Senate seats

The possibility that Democrats will build a muscular, 60-seat Senate majority is looking increasing plausible, with new polls showing a powerful surge for the party’s candidates in Minnesota, Kentucky and other states.

A poll out Friday shows Sen. Norm Coleman could now easily lose his Minnesota seat to comedian-turned-candidate Al Franken. A Colorado race that initially looked like a nail-biter has now broken decisively for the Democrats. A top official in the McCain camp told us Sen. Elizabeth Dole is virtually certain to lose in conservative North Carolina.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky has seen his race tighten dangerously close over the past week—and Democrats are considering moving more money into the state very soon. And there is even talk that Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss is beatable in conservative Georgia after backing the economic bailout package opposed by many voters.
“Before the economic crisis, we had a number of races moving our way,” said Matthew Miller, communications director of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. “But now we’re seeing Republican numbers plummet.” GOP officials largely agree.

Senate races don’t grab national attention like the White House battle. But if these trends hold, the Senate outcome could be almost as important to Washington governance as the presidential winner. It takes 60 votes to pass anything through the slow-moving Senate. So the closer the Democrats get to the number, the more power they will have next year to put their stamp on the country.
Democrats say their candidates are benefiting from the wipeout on Wall Street with a single message in every region of the country: “These are the Bush policies coming home to roost.”

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14280.html

[ingac70]

1. I will dance a jig if that happens. n/t

[Downtown Hound]

2. Oh sweetness...what if?

Obama wins the presidency, Dems win a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate, oh sweetness. What a sweet day that would be...

[Seen the light]

3. Top Republicans say they have no hope for Dole in North Carolina. “There’s no point in even counting

the votes,” said a top McCain official.

:rofl:

OWNED!

[davidinalameda]

5. I'd love to see her go down

and retire the whole damn Dole family once and for all!

[Happyhippychick]

9. I don't mean to be critical but "Liddy Dole" and "go down" in the same sentence just made me wretch.

[mckara]

12. Reading Your Posting Made Me Shrivel

No wonder Bob needed Viagra!

[Happyhippychick]

29. I know it! Bob Dole doing Viagra commercials - that had me barfing for months.

[crossroads]

13. LOL nt

[davidinalameda]

14. but Bob can't get it up!

[Odin2005]

27. LOL, you owe me a new keyboard.

Get that mind out of a gutter, dang-it! :spray: :lofl:

[Odin2005]

25. "No point in even counting the votes" BWAHAHAHAHA!!!

They are SOOOOOOO totally pwned! :evilgrin:

[galaxy21]

4. George Bush: the man that destroyed the republican party

Hey, I knew he wasn't all bad.

[mckara]

8. Don't Forget St. Ronnie of California

Reagan's neoliberalism has matured into economic collapse and possibly another depression.

[knixphan]

21. indeed!

[Oak2004]

32. You're not being fair: give credit where credit is due.

Bush had lots of help with this feat. Lots of help.

I've been able to obtain lists of some of the people who deserve full credit for this remarkable achievement. These lists are far from complete, but they're the best I can do on short notice (warning: you may want to shower after visiting some of these sites):

http://www.cwfa.org/articles/6732/CWA/misc/index.htm

http://www.anusha.com/houserep.htm

http://www.gop.com/About/PartyLeadership.htm

http://www.heritage.org/experts/

http://www.cato.org/people/experts.html

http://www.reasoned.org/e_PNAC2.htm


So you see, you're not being fair, at all. The entire Republican Party /Vast Right Wing Conspiracy apparatus deserves full credit for all the wonderful things they have done to America and the world.

[WillyT]

6. God I Want Mitch McConnell Out On His Ass !!!

Chambliss too!!!

:woohoo:

[iceman66]

19. Don't forget Norm Coleman!

It's great that some of the most odious repugs are up for reelection this year!

[Odin2005]

28. I would love to be free of Normie.

That opportunistic F-wit makes me want to gag.

[Vinca]

7. With or without Leiberbush? The nightmare scenario is that

he is the most powerful person in the Senate, #60.

[BumRushDaShow]

10. There was another thread on this and hunting around I found this

POLITICS
GOP's Senate Stock Falls
The idea that Republicans could lose nine Senate seats is no longer implausible.

by Charlie Cook

Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008

Early last year, some notable Senate leaders on both sides of the aisle speculated that the Democrats just might gain enough seats in 2008 to hit 60 votes, a filibuster-proof majority on strict party-line votes. At the time, the prospect seemed pretty outlandish.

<snip>

It seems farfetched that Republicans would lose Stevens, Sununu, Dole, Coleman, Smith, and Wicker, in addition to relinquishing the even more endangered open seats in Virginia, New Mexico, and Colorado, but a net loss of nine seats -- or eight if they topple Landrieu and keep Collins and McConnell in office -- is no longer implausible. In 2006, the odds against a six-seat Republican loss were equally strong, but it happened.

History shows, moreover, that close Senate races tend to break in the same direction, as they did two years ago.

The bottom line is that things have gotten worse for Senate Republicans over the past few weeks, so much worse that a magnitude of losses that seemed impossible just a few months ago now seems entirely possible.

More...http://www.nationaljournal.com/njmagazine/cr_20080927_7390.php

And look at what has happened since that was written!

[chicagoexpat]

11. Some of us know enough about politics to see the hand writing on the wall a long time ago

Despite the obsessive hand wringing by some

http://loomisnews.wordpress.com/2008/05/23/2009-us-senate-60-democrats-in-2008/

[Cha]

15. Rec'd! That chickenshithawk 's smirk

told us he thought he was getting away with everything..

[mw]

16. It's just a "sky is falling" tactic to excite the base.

It's not a real fear Repukes have.

[WhiteTara]

17. I hope so...then

we can kick that slimy Joe Turncoat Lie berman to the curb and spit on him.

[and-justice-for-all]

18. Good! Get the fuck out! nt

[cyr330]

20. Imagine the fun!

We could RAM through whatever we wanted. If the Repukes don't like it, FUCK EM!!

:rofl:

[cyr330]

22. We would have to do it without

Lieberfuck. I want to see him kicked off all of his committees. He is no democrat. Let him go off into fantasy-land with the repukes.

[fujiyama]

23. It's pretty candid to admit the shape Libby Dole is in

This is really funny. And I love that Franken has a strong chance. I think it will be close. And I hope he pulls it off. Maybe I'll throw a few bones his way!

[victoryparty]

24. Kentucky

I would be so happy to see Mitch "Howdy Doody" McConnell lose. I also noticed Obama is within only 2 percentage points in one KY poll...that would be a state where Hillary could help him by campaigning there.

[Odin2005]

26. PERMANENT REPUBLICAN MINORITY is music to my ears!

So long puke fuckers!

[taddles]

34. ahh the pure sweet sound of...

no fucking Republiscum. They're party demise would be such sweet poetic justice. The vile manipulation and destruction of our constitution and democracy come home to roost and shit all over their cake. When does the open season start?

Whats the limit, can I start bagging them after Nov 4th or do I have to wait till January to start hunting them down?

[tanyev]

30. Na, na, na, na....na, na, na, na...hey, hey....goodbye.

:bounce:

[FogerRox]

31. In 1932 we won 97 in the House, and 12 in the senate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7317207

[workinclasszero]

33. This has to happen

so President Obama can roll back 8 years of republican war on the middle class.