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Cook: Odds Of GOP Senate Near Zero After Delaware
IBD's Capital Hill ^ | 9/17/2010 | Sean Higgins

Posted on 09/17/2010 9:45:49 AM PDT by Slyscribe

Veteran election analyst Charlie Cook has backed away from his earlier prediction that control of the Senate was in play in this election. In light of Tuesday’s Delaware Republican primary, Cook says the odds now overwhelmingly favor the Democrats retaining their Senate majority:

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To: workerbee
Workbee: Odds of One Less Senate RINO 100% After Delaware

You got that right!!!

161 posted on 09/17/2010 11:23:14 AM PDT by Lil Flower (The destruction of America: It's a "big f*ckin deal"~to me!)
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To: skeeter
www.christine2010.com

If there was ever a time WE THE PEOPLE need to step up and help a conservative WIN, it is NOW and it is Christine O'Donnell.

God help her and us, she must win in November. Let's get our shoulders to the wheel and do what we must to help her win, one dollar at at time. November...the most important vote of our lifetime.

DOWN WITH THESE SOCIALIST BASTARDS!

162 posted on 09/17/2010 11:23:55 AM PDT by itssme
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To: Slyscribe

Pay him no attention. This is the same clown who said that Chet Traylor was a primary threat to David Vitter in Louisiana. Traylor got 7% of the vote.


163 posted on 09/17/2010 11:25:39 AM PDT by abb ("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
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To: iowamark
*political pragmatism*

I loathe that phrase!

164 posted on 09/17/2010 11:27:19 AM PDT by Lil Flower (The destruction of America: It's a "big f*ckin deal"~to me!)
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To: MNJohnnie

I think you overestimate the backbone of the current crop of GOP senators.

I’d like to find out.


165 posted on 09/17/2010 11:27:19 AM PDT by CPT Clay (Pick up your weapon and follow me.)
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To: ilgipper

But, it’s true with other races all over the U.S. The MOST conservative candidates didn’t win GOP U.S. Senate Primary races in Illinois, Indiana, California, Arizona, and New Hampshire, and the MOST conservative candidates didn’t win GOP Governor Primary races in New Jersey, Illinois, Massachusetts, California, Michigan, and Tennessee. We, as conservatives, take what we can get, when we can get it.


166 posted on 09/17/2010 11:28:43 AM PDT by johnthebaptistmoore (If leftist legislation that's already in place really can't be ended by non-leftists, then what?)
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To: CPT Clay

Touche’. So would I.


167 posted on 09/17/2010 11:30:20 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (The problem with Socialism is sooner or later you run out of other people's money. Lady Thatcher)
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To: nhwingut

[When does it get released? ]

My stuff is released, click my name to see about the book I wrote. I’ve been on Jerry Doyle, Rusty Humphries, Heidi Harris, Alan Stock and Steve Wark on radio. Local print media have locked me out, but I think tht will change as we peak. It is a tough slog because everyone is hiding Harry’s past.

More importantly, there’s a lot of Tea Party stuff coming down the tube and outsider campaign funding. Insiders all have my data now. It’s in part a wait til you see the whites of their eyes kind of thing.

I have to take some of my interviews viral on YouTube next. Not a lot of time, but maybe just enough.


168 posted on 09/17/2010 11:30:56 AM PDT by DaxtonBrown (HARRY: Money Mob & Influence (See my Expose on Reid on amazon.com written by me!))
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To: Crichton

How is that name pronounced?


169 posted on 09/17/2010 11:32:43 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion......the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: nbenyo

IL will be a GOP Win. Almost a Lock.


170 posted on 09/17/2010 11:35:13 AM PDT by Condor51 (SAT CONG!)
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To: RockinRight
I dunno...considering that Feingold is down in the latest poll, Manchin (D) is falling in WV, and Fiorina is on Boxer’s heels, even without DE I think it’s possible.

And one of the prognoticators moved Connecticut to tossup yesterday. And Obama is in CT campaigning.

And given that the senate magic number is 60, not 51, I feel fine with 49.

171 posted on 09/17/2010 11:41:03 AM PDT by NeoCaveman (I can see November from my house)
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To: Slyscribe
The progressive humanist attack dogs are foaming at the mouth against O'Donnell. If we support O'Donnell in getting the message out then the contrast between O'Donnell and her Marxist Progressive opponent will be clear. It is all about shinning the light of truth and waking up the sleepers. By attacking O’Doonnell for winning an election, the hypocrites will be exposed.
172 posted on 09/17/2010 11:45:54 AM PDT by Armaggedon
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To: CPT Clay

From your lips to God’s ear. While I’m sure that the GOP additions to Judiciary (Lee and Ayotte come readily to mind)will play hardball, Lindsay Graham could always mess things up for us. I would trust Chairman Sessions, though, to do his best to run out the clock on Obama’s liberal nominees.


173 posted on 09/17/2010 11:51:47 AM PDT by AuH2ORepublican (If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll protect your rights?)
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To: MNJohnnie

I don’t think 51 will block any Obama initiative. The filibuster has been practicaly abandoned. Orrin G. Hatch was a co-sponsor of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Will UT force him to retire in 2012?


174 posted on 09/17/2010 11:55:06 AM PDT by Theodore R. (Rush was right when he said America may survive Obama but not the Obama supporters.)
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To: kara37

If we take the Senate there will be a footrace to the Democrat caucus door between McCain, Snowe, Collins, Lugar and others who are more interested in gaining power than doing the right thing. Castle would have been just another contestant in that race.

Like someone said earlier in this thread, it’ll take a few election cycles to get rid of most of the RINO’s - or at least establish a big enough majority that their willingness to sell us out becomes irrelevant.


175 posted on 09/17/2010 12:01:00 PM PDT by Personal Responsibility ("In a time of universal deciet, telling the truth is a revolutionary act" - Orwell)
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To: CPT Clay

I agree it would be a plus to have control but numerical control doesn’t necessarily translate to actual control. The Judiciary Committee is now split 12/7 in Democrat favor and with a 51/49 Republican majority, it would likely be 10/9 split in Republican favor. That looks good, but with Graham, and Hatch still on the committee it is questionable whether bad appointments could be held up. Sessions would certainly be a much better chairman than Leahy.

We live in interesting times but things are beginning to look better every day.


176 posted on 09/17/2010 12:01:28 PM PDT by etcb
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To: Slyscribe

Wining the Senate would be jim dandy fine... But we don’t need to. Conservatives will WIN the House Big time... so Obammy will be on the road to being a Lame Duck... All we need in the Senate is 48-49 Republicans... then the RINOs bailing out on us can’t screw us so badly because in most cases we’ll still have 41 to Filibuster and stop crazy legislation...

I’m rooting for Christie O’Donnell and believe that with a super strong Tea Party backing - along with other Republicans - She can Win... Filibuster proof will be good enough until 2012...


177 posted on 09/17/2010 12:36:36 PM PDT by ICCtheWay
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To: Slyscribe
Cook says the odds now overwhelmingly favor the Democrats retaining their Senate majority"

So what? I hope the dems continue to hold the senate as obummer continues to destroy America. It's the dems worst mightmare.....LOL! 2012 will be the end of the world....for the dems.

178 posted on 09/17/2010 1:33:19 PM PDT by ScreamingFist
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To: CPT Clay
I disagree. For us to have a judge-blocking supermajority, we at least need 64 because you will have the Maine nimrods plus Scott Brown plus the likely RINO in IL (and probably 65) if Fiorina wins.

No, DE did not cost us anything, and O'Donnell made up 14 points in one night. I think with the money she is raising, she'll be very competitive.

179 posted on 09/17/2010 1:34:06 PM PDT by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually." (Hendrix))
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To: MNJohnnie

I forgot about Grahamnesty. We would need a senate majority of 65 to counter the Maine nimrods, Grahamnesty, Fiorina, and IL.


180 posted on 09/17/2010 1:35:35 PM PDT by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually." (Hendrix))
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