Posted on 11/02/2012 6:14:20 PM PDT by TheRhinelander
“...the GOP had a 3 in 4 chance of winning the Senate and they blew it. Whatever the outcome, the people running this year’s Senate GOP team need to be fired.”
The same GOP team has always sandbagged genuine conservatives - see Palin, O’Donnell, Angle, Akin - and has now stuck us with Romney.
It really doesn’t matter if Harry Reid is majority leader or not - the squishy GOP Washington Establishment will make sure genuine conservatism does not get past the Senate.
Note the differentiation between the seats that represent GOP Holds and those that represent opportunities for Gains. Democrats currently control 53 seats in the Senate (including two independents who caucus with the Democrats), Republicans 47. If Republicans hold all the seats they have currently, they will need to gain four more seats to have a majority.
Links to GOP primary winners' websites are included so you can learn more about the candidates and donate, if you feel so inclined.
If you're interested in all polling on Senate races, check out Real Clear Politics Senate Polls.
| 10/28/12 Race for the U.S. Senate Ranked Roughly From Most to Least Likely GOP Win | |||
|---|---|---|---|
|
State |
Republican Candidate | Democrat/IND Candidate | Hold OR Gain |
| NE* | Debra Fischer | Bob Kerrey | GAIN |
| ND* | Rick Berg | Heidi Heitcamp | GAIN |
| WI* | Tommy Thompson | Tammy Baldwin | GAIN |
| NV | Dean Heller+ | Shelley Berkley | HOLD |
| IN* | Richard Mourdock | Joe Donnelly | HOLD |
| AZ* | Jeff Flake | Richard Carmona | HOLD |
| MT | Denny Rehberg | Jon Tester | GAIN |
| MA | Scott Brown+ | Elizabeth Warren | HOLD |
| VA* | George Allen | Tim Kaine | GAIN |
| OH | Josh Mandel | Sherrod Brown+ | GAIN |
| FL | Connie Mack | Bill Nelson+ | GAIN |
| CT* | Linda McMahon | Chris Murphy | GAIN |
| PA | Tom Smith | Bob Casey+ | GAIN |
| MO | Todd Akin | Claire McCaskill+ | GAIN |
| MI | Pete Hoekstra | Debbie Stabenow+ | GAIN |
| NM* | Heather Wilson | Martin Heinrich | GAIN |
| HI* | Linda Lingle | Mazie Hirono | GAIN |
| ME* | Charles Summers | Angus King (Ind.) | HOLD |
| *Open Seat +Incumbent | |||
Rasmussen, the most reliable of polls, has it 46 R/47 D with 7 Toss-ups.
We’ll be lucky to get the 4 we need to keep Ryan as a busy tie-breaker.
Get out the VOTE!!
Gentlemen: we nominated our best candidates in Mass, NM, and Hawaii. They are all RINOS but are the best we can get. They are attempting to take over 30+ year democrat seats. It’s sad but if we’re lucky one will win. It would be a big feather in our cap if all 3 were to win. We could be disappointed afterwards but 50% of the time they would be with us. Could u say that with the swimmer, and Akaka?
If we do get another 50/50 split there for sure better NOT be another stupid “power sharing deal” like in 2000! If there’s any reaching across the isle, that hand better be holding a knife, metaphorically speaking.
Ya, we don’t need any John McCain’s or Lindsey Graham’s looking for attention....
...oh, wait, we just need them to grow up!
Maybe they’re both PO’d enough at this Benghazi nonsense, to remember which side they’re on, and how badly America needs fixing.....
Lousy, with Mourdock's latest poll (-11).
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