[staytrue]

So if we pick up Washington, Maryland and Minnesota (and maybe Vermont) but lose RI and Ohio, we'll be ahead one seat (or two) and will have lost two RINOS.

The dems are the problem, not the rinos. Frankly I want to pick up Washington, Maryland and Minnesota, and NJ (menedez)and MI (stabenow), and I want to keep RI and Ohio and PA (santorum), we'll be way way ahead.

Your rino bashing is disgusting. I want to see reid, pelosi, and Hillary, hanging their heads in defeat.

[mak5]

The latest Zogby poll (yeah, I know) has Santorum within the margin of error of Casey. This may be like the pattern in 1996 and other years, where the Pennsylvania GOP Senatorial candidate does badly in the polls but wis on election night. It also has Swann about 4-6% behind Rendell. A completely different picture than that of the Quinnipiac poll of a few days ago.

[cotton1706]

"Your rino bashing is disgusting"

That's a little harsh, since I said nothing about them other than that they might lose. But in any case, they disgust me. I won't shed a tear if Chafee and DeWine lose. They are not conservative and are frequently in the way. We can use an additional conservative on both Judiciary and Foreign Relations (DeWine). I haven't bothered to check what committees Chafee is on. Probably the socialism-type committees like Health, Environment, etc.

I think Santorum's going to pull it out. A Kean win in NJ would be nice to replace a Chafee loss.

[VRWCmember]

The dems are the problem, not the rinos. Frankly I want to pick up Washington, Maryland and Minnesota, and NJ (menedez)and MI (stabenow), and I want to keep RI and Ohio and PA (santorum), we'll be way way ahead.

Your rino bashing is disgusting. I want to see reid, pelosi, and Hillary, hanging their heads in defeat.

I would GLADLY give up RI and sing "Na-na-na-na, Na-na-na-na, Hey-hey, GOODBYE" to Lincoln Chafee, if we were to offset the loss of his worthless RINO seat by picking up a seat in either Washington or Maryland. I'd love to increase our majority in the Senate, but it does absolutely no good if RINO's like Chafee and Snowe defect and vote with the dems on critical items. So if we lose a RINO seat or two, but offset those seats by picking up other R's over D's, that is perfectly fine with me.

[no dems]

Who's running against Stabenow in Michigan?

[sefarkas]

The dems are the problem, not the rinos.

The RINOs are a huge problem for the conservatives and libertarians among us. It is difficult to get a right-of-center politician to replace a left-of-center incumbent, e.g., Snarl'n Arlen. RINOs should be replaced with the real McCoy so that in the follow-up election there can be a true test of right versus left.

The RINOs and their friends (46 of'm) as recently as yesterday voted to raise the minimum wage in two steps over 18-months. I had to rely on a few hardcore Rs plus a crap load of RATs (53 of'm) to prevent this alternative, which was done so the whole-lot-of'm could claim to their union friends that they indeed voted to raise the minimum wage.

[conservative blonde]

What good does it do to get RINOs elected when they vote like Pelosi, Hilarity and Reed (and Reid)? GOP gains nothing electing RINOs.

[MadLibDisease]

RINO bashing disgusting???? Real conservatives bash RINOs

[stands2reason]

"Moonbat" is a word for liberals.
You have a problem with conservatism in general?

[Republican Wildcat]

RI isn't one that would help if the Senate becomes narrow - Chaffee would probably flip. But, if we actually make gains or hold for the same number that would be fine to keep him tagging along, I guess...wouldn't really matter.