[tsowellfan]

Very good question!

Hopefully Obama will lose.

The Senate is critical. Without the Senate ObamaCare is here to stay and the jobs will remain away.

If Romney and we lose the Senate, nothing will get passed. Harry Reid reminded the American people about that just today.

[tsowellfan]

If Romney wins and we lose the Senate, nothing will get passed. Harry Reid reminded the American people about that just today.

[Strategerist]

I’m quite optimistic about Romney but I’d say the chances of Republican control of the Senate (even 50-50) is about zero.

[Maceman]

I was watching Larry Kudlow tonite, and he agreed with his guest that Republican chances for the Senate have dimmed somewhat.

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Things are not looking good for Brown here in MA, if the polls are to be believed. There are a lot of Warren stickers around, although I see plenty of Brown stickers as well.

[Alberta's Child]

Even if the GOP gets a slim majority in the Senate (I don't know if this is likely), there's no getting around the fact that this was a disastrous year for the Republicans in these Senate races. The Democrats had to defend something like 23 seats this year, while the GOP only had to defend 10 and stand a good chance of losing at least two of them (Mass. and Indiana).

Having said that ... I don't think control of the Senate is as important as it's being made out to be. The GOP can effectively control the agenda in Washington by simply leaving out any objectionable items out of the Federal budgets drafted by a Romney administration and introduced in Congress by the GOP House.

[Usagi_yo]

No news is bad news.

[CPT Clay]

Murdock and Akin kinda hurt. If we do NOT want Obamacare, Indiana must elect Murdock, Missouri MUST elect Akin!!!

[OrangeHoof]

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/archive/2012_senate_balance_of_power

Rasmussen has it in a virtual tie. He thinks the GOP will lose MA and ME but will pick up ND and NE. Then there are three more Democrat leaners and two GOP leaners. That leaves seven seats that are rated toss-ups of which six are Democrat seats going in. IN is the lone GOP seat left at risk. Dems are trying to protect FL, MT, OH, PA, VA and WI. Of these, I have the highest hopes for MT and VA. The rest may depend on turnout.

[mo]

’ Bammycare goes nowhere unless We the People ripit out by the roots....

[randita]

Below is a list of competitive or potentially competitive Senate races ranked roughly from the most to least likely GOP win. The rankings might change slightly as the election season progresses.

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

 

[G Larry]

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!!

[montag813]

What's the Senate outlook?

Lousy, with Mourdock's latest poll (-11).