[pepsionice]

The nuts and bolts of the Democratic party are the Senators and Representatives. At the present pace...there’s no doubt that the Republicans will keep the same number of Representatives in the House, and I suspect that will be 52 Republicans in the Senate when the smoke clears in November. If they pulled Hillary into the race...she could mount a fairly serious race against Perry or Romney....and maybe take back on the Senate and House seats. It would make sense but I doubt it would happen.

[Jonty30]

I think new announcements of retirements are coming, big time.

[riri]

Does Hillary have it in her anymore? It seems this SOS job has been more than she could handle. It is probably the first time she has ever had to actually show up somewhere on a regular basis. The travel seems to have worn her down too. She appears in public, many times, unpolished and haggard

Whatever is going on with her certainly seems out of character. I do remember the energy and zeal Halfbright brought to the job.

[catfish1957]

As much as we all despise the Clintons, WJC was probably the greatest politican of our lifetime. Hitlerly running would make it tougher to regain our country.

[Paleo Conservative]

At the present pace...there’s no doubt that the Republicans will keep the same number of Representatives in the House, and I suspect that will be 52 Republicans in the Senate when the smoke clears in November.

Republicans can make much bigger gains than that. Democrats hold 23 of the 33 seats up for election. Also, this is the same senate class that was last up for election in 2006 when Republicans lost control of the senate. There are lots of 1 term Democrat senators who could be very vulnerable especially with Obama on the ballot.