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Republicans Were 5,038 Votes Short of a 51-49 Senate Majority

Posted on 11/10/2006 9:04:52 AM PST by screw boll

I know the Republicans lost; it is time for sole searching, etc. etc. The fact is, however, if 3,615 votes in Virginia and 1,423 votes in Montana had gone the other way, the Dems would have no Majority. My point? The Dems will not be the “Permanent Majority” for too long.

Here is the math: Web in Virginia won with a 7,231-vote margin – Half of it is 3,615. In Montana, Jon Tester won with a 2,847 margin – half of it is 1,423.

3,615 + 1,423 = 5,038.


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2006; majority; minority; senate; senatemajority
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To: dmz

You mean it only took 3 convicted felons, dead people and multiple voters to accomplish this? We need to get a few of them to vote our way next time.


61 posted on 11/10/2006 9:40:03 AM PST by FishFace222
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To: CharlesWayneCT

I thought we had a Republican Governor in during that time that made many of those districts as friendly as possible to us in Calif. I thought Wilson was still GOv


62 posted on 11/10/2006 9:40:18 AM PST by catholicfreeper (Geaux Tigers SEC FOOTBALL ROCKS)
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To: dmz

You mean it only took 3 convicted felons, dead people and multiple voters IN EACH DISTRIC to accomplish this? We need to get a few of them to vote our way next time.


63 posted on 11/10/2006 9:40:57 AM PST by FishFace222
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To: screw boll
The fact is, however, if 3,615 votes in Virginia and 1,423 votes in Montana had gone the other way, the Dems would have no Majority. My point? The Dems will not be the “Permanent Majority” for too long.

Shoulda, coulda, woulda. Tester and Webb will be US Senators for the next SIX years. They will be incumbents the next time they run, like Allen and Burns were. Unless the Reps put up strong candidates, they will win again.

It took us 40 years to win the House and the Dems 12 years to regain it. We just suffered a major defeat. We shouldn't console ourselves with the closeness of the losses. That is the way the Dems think. Winning isn't everything, it is the only thing. We don't need or want moral victories.

64 posted on 11/10/2006 9:43:23 AM PST by kabar
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To: seastay

I believe that is how it works. I mean if it was one vote between than the other team would still have won. This has been that way forever. I don't particularly like it either, but am glad because of how 2000 went especially. We only won by 524 votes....what is that percentage?


65 posted on 11/10/2006 9:44:33 AM PST by napscoordinator
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To: screw boll
"I know the Republicans lost; it is time for sole searching..."

I bet you feel like a heel for typing that.

66 posted on 11/10/2006 9:44:51 AM PST by Joe 6-pack (You cannot live forever, so live a life that will never be forgotten.)
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To: 1035rep
The atmosphere may look much different in 2008. The Democrats have been trying to take away the tools we need to fight terrorism....what if we get hit during their reign of terror? Will the economy tank when they don't renew the tax cuts? Unemployment rate is 4.4%...what will it be in 2008?

If any or all of those happen, the President gets blamed and the dems take the Presidency and bring a ton of new dem senators and representatives in too. Thats why the dems will be doing all they can to destroy the economy over the next two years. If America gets attacked, they'll consider that a bonus.

67 posted on 11/10/2006 9:45:08 AM PST by Wissa (I despise the liberal media.)
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To: screw boll

Macacca = 5,000 votes

Stupid, stupid man.


68 posted on 11/10/2006 9:47:23 AM PST by SlowBoat407 (A living insult to islam since 1959)
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To: screw boll

And how many third party votes were cast in those two states?


69 posted on 11/10/2006 9:47:54 AM PST by Arizona Carolyn
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To: screw boll
I like what Allen said he would not ask for a recount because it would cost to much money for the tax payers..He is a true conservative and American in my book..If it had of been Webb he would have drug it out just like Al Gore did and milk ever vote he could no matter what the cost..I know in any of the states if the Dem's lost which they probably did without great granny and papa coming back from the grave they could not have won a seat on the Price is right..Now without all the recounts the democrats will have more money to throw down the empty hole..
70 posted on 11/10/2006 9:47:57 AM PST by Beth528
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To: truthandlife

Exactly!


71 posted on 11/10/2006 9:48:02 AM PST by loveitor.. ("I will leave with the greatest love for this country of ours..." Ronald Reagan)
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To: Wissa
The Democrats will get the blame if we are attacked during their rein. I admit we have a lot of stupid voters but it's common knowledge that it's the democrats opposing the tools to fight this WOT.

There won't be enough stupid voters for the Democrats to win if that happens.   Even the MSM won't be able to cover for them.

72 posted on 11/10/2006 9:51:01 AM PST by 1035rep
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To: kabar

The house is actually easier to take back, the Senate is tough because you get 6 years to entrench, and it's rare for turnover except when incumbents retire.

And I imagine some republicans won't like being in the minority and will retire, leaving us seats to defend.

Frist screwed us by retiring, I know people hated him as speaker but that was a seat we had to work for that otherwise we would not, and without that seat the democrats may not have even gotten in their head they could take the senate, and we could have held missouri and maybe montana (where we needed to remove Burns because of ties to Abramoff and then we would have won it easily).


73 posted on 11/10/2006 9:51:09 AM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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To: MTMS; BigSkyFreeper


Burns came on strong, but Tester took the lead early on.


74 posted on 11/10/2006 9:52:46 AM PST by onyx (I'm now a minority and victim of the democrats, but with full and free entitlements!)
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To: MTMS

Youve got a goood congressman too


75 posted on 11/10/2006 9:53:24 AM PST by CPT Clay (Drill ANWR, Personal Accounts NOW.)
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To: catholicfreeper

I don't know what you mean by "notable" races. Every race is equally important.


76 posted on 11/10/2006 9:54:15 AM PST by onyx (I'm now a minority and victim of the democrats, but with full and free entitlements!)
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To: j8910
"You watch: We'll get all three branches back in 2008."

With the help of another 5 -10 million illegals by then, I'm sure. ;<

Seriously, though, I believe if the truth be known, the election was stolen big time. No way in a million years will I believe that half the voters in America are stinking commie liberal socialist anti-American scum. If so, we are beyond repair.

77 posted on 11/10/2006 9:57:19 AM PST by Eastbound
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To: Non-Sequitur

Right. Remember, though, that these were mostly seats that had been wavering between (D) and (R) for a long time, anyway.


78 posted on 11/10/2006 9:59:56 AM PST by Alberta's Child (Can money pay for all the days I lived awake but half asleep?)
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To: Cold Heat
We lost the public trust, and we lost it for some time to come.

Somehow I think that "we" is not really the term you mean to use.

79 posted on 11/10/2006 10:00:40 AM PST by murdoog
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To: Cold Heat

oh yeah, well, I still feel better regardless of your long post and all that you mentioned.... and I agree with your tag line.


80 posted on 11/10/2006 10:01:47 AM PST by MTMS
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