You think Olympia Snowe will move a bit to the right rather than face a primary challenge in Maine in ‘12? If she gets beaten within the party I hope it is by a conservative with a good message and organization who can win the general election.
Looks like Repubs will go into 2012 with only 47 seats, including Murkowski. Gaining 4 is doable but won’t be easy.
Two-thirds of the Senate seats up in 2012 are controlled by Democrats. That's a lot of seats to defend, giving the GOP many opportunities for pickups. Four seats will be quite doable. We got that much last night.
Maine isn’t exactly SC, so I’m kind of hoping not. I don’t know how you upgrade to a true conservative in that state without putting the seat at risk. I’d prefer her to tack right in light of this election’s results.