Posted on 11/06/2008 5:42:51 AM PST by careyb
A sizable chunk of the vote in the Oregon Senate race between Republican incumbent Gordon Smith and Democratic challenger Jeff Merkley has not yet been counted, but The Oregonian is calling the race for Merkley. Though Merkley only holds a lead of 2,000 votes, most of the uncounted votes are from heavily-Democratic counties. If this projection holds up, that would give the Democrats 57 seats to the Republicans' 40.
In the three other races still up in the air, GOP incumbents are poised to hold on to their seats by razor-thin margins, and thus help sustain the Republicans' ability to filibuster.
(Excerpt) Read more at weeklystandard.com ...
Funny how they always seem to save those for last.
I wonder if they found votes in a box in the basement.
I know we need every seat we can get, but Gordon Smith is a nasty piece of work, not to mention a complete and total idiot. I hope he’s never seen or heard from again.
Probably waiting until the other counties report, decide how many they need to overcome a lead, plus 10,000 or so more, and pull out the ACORN ballots to seal the “victory.”
The cities should have to report FIRST.
>If this projection holds up, that would give the Democrats 57 seats to the Republicans’ 40.
Huh? Last check there were 100 Senate seats. 43 Republican maybe?
Or in a car trunk.
you mean "from the basements and closets of heavily-Democratic counties".
and it may get even worse with a runoff in Minnesota for a Senate seat and also in Ga.
Ugh!
They may have 59 before it is all over.
Ugh!
Wake me in 2012!
and it may get even worse with a runoff in Minnesota for a Senate seat and also in Ga.
Ugh!
They may have 59 before it is all over.
Ugh!
Wake me in 2012!
Three races are still in limbo - Coleman (MN), Chambliss (GA), and Stevens (AK). The rest of the article explains them a little bit.
“In the three other races still up in the air, GOP incumbents are poised to hold on to their seats by razor-thin margins, and thus help sustain the Republicans’ ability to filibuster.”
As I understand it, the dems will change the Senate rules to make the filibuster limit 50% instead of 60%.
I suppose it would have been a surprise if Smith had won. OR seems to be gone now. Pretty sad. They, like the other 56 states, will have to learn the hard way.
So Repubs will have no more than 43 Senate seats. Just like 1992. Deja vu. Though Coleman could still easily lose, and it sounds like a lot of absentees have yet to be counted in AK. If Chambliss goes to a runoff we can hope he wins big this time. It will be the first sign of dissent against the 0bama admin.
Who won the Washington state Gov race?
I agree with you completely. Time he went back to packing peas in Pendleton. I have always believed that any Republican is better than the best Democrat. In Smith’s case I found an exception and there was no I could vote for him, so I vote “none of the above”.
I saw their Web site and they are correct. Most of the Red counties have been counted, but the remaining uncounted votes are in that big county where Portland is and it has been going two thirds for the Dem. Looked at a Blue/Red map of the U.S. by county today and shows a mostly Red U.S. with the blue counties in the large Urban cities. Looks like the cultural divide is between Rural and Urban. guess the Lib.s control the Urban areas and the Conservatives the Rural.
Would they have to have 60% to change it to 50%??
2010. And it starts now.
They need 67 votes to change the filibuster rules.
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