That doesn't sound right. Blunt should be the favorite in Missouri, given BHO's declining approval ratings.
and the GOP “stupid” party will blow it by nominating another far left RINO and try and paint them as a “moderatte” pro abortion pro homosexual pro gun control stooge.
Even FL Charlie “RINO” Crist is running scared and is running as a faux conservative in his radio advertising throughtout the state.
Effete Elite Cato institute is the best he can do for street cred.
With Ohio trending Democratic in recent years, the state has emerged as the top Democratic pickup opportunity in the country. Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher is the all-but-certain Democratic nominee in the race to replace retiring GOP Sen. George Voinovich, though Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner has stubbornly remained in the race despite raising less than $600,000. Former White House Budget Director Rob Portman, poised to run on the GOP side, has already raised more than $6 million for the contest — a hefty sum that has Democrats on edge about Fisher’s less-than-stellar cash figures.
Rob Portman is a solid if unassuming conservative, and he should run strongly against Lee Fisher, who is, plainly put, an uncharismatic idiot. Think of this contest as Dull versus Duller. :)
I think the stain of Stickland's inept handling of Ohio's economy will mark Fisher through the campaign. It's true that Barry carried Ohio last year, but white-bread Fisher is unlikely to excite black voters into heading to the polls, which tilts the field towards the GOP.
Peter Schiff in Connecticut actually understands the economic problems of the day.
Too many wildcards. I’d be happy if they could stall health care for the year and and get enough seats back to kill it permanently.
GOP, it's time to return to your bread and butter - fiscal hawkishness, pro-business, strong defense. Do those three, you will turn the entire country red.
Any GOP US Senate seats likely to flip the other way?
Don’t count you chickens before they hatch....................
Barry has done the math. Even if the house and senate flip in this election it doesn't matter. His 2 Lieutenants in the house are Pelosi and Bwarney. Both of them will continue to hold those seats 10 years after they die. They run basically unopposed. So lets say all the dems vote Obamacare in. The public is PO'd and the congress flips. Barry doesn't care, nor do Pelosi and Frank.
These people are Stalinists at heart. The operating principle of a Stalinists is power. So temporarily they're weakened, but Obamacare is in place. What happens 10, 15 20 years down the road? We have more and more people dependent on the government, thus more and more dependent on keeping the dems in power. When the majority are slaves to the government the ruling party stays in power and that's it for our 2 party system.
The one thing this whole scheme depends on is having Obamacare in place by 2010. If a few useful idiots get thrown out of office after that, who cares. It's only temporary. Stalinists don't think in terms of election cycles, they think in terms of generations.
Therefore we must keep the pressure up. Keep writing, calling and attending town halls. Make these people, especially in the swing districts see they'll be thrown out. Hopefully enough will get cold feet and vote against this. Once Obamacare is in place we'll never be rid of it, and any anti abortion, or anti illegal provisions will quickly be thrown out.
Senator Bayh should have an easy re-election here, although it was reported this morning that he might get a primary challenge from the left.
Still waiting for the media excitedly reporting on the “deep divisions” in the Democrat party.....
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If the GOP can hold Ohio, Kentucky and Missouri and pick up the remaining seven in play, it would be great!
I don't understand why Arkansas (Blanche Lincoln) and Louisiana (Mary Landreiu) aren't on the list, though. A serious challenge should send both of these weak sisters packing as well. Netting the seven plus these two would weaken the RAT majority to 51-49 and put us in position to flip Joe Lieberman and Ben Nelson.
I was really hoping to see Patty ‘the Brain’ Murray D-WA on the list.
Alex...What part of: “Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.” don’t you understand or, even, recognize?
The Republicans have recruited a group of candidates who have one thing in common, namely the ability to win. Mike Castle, Rob Simmons, and Mark Kirk are running in deep blue states (DE, CT, and IL) and represent excellent takeover opportunities. With numerous retirements facing the GOP, they landed Kelly Ayotte, Roy Blunt, Rob Portman, Charlie Crist, and Trey Grayson to try to keep seats in Republican hands. Another huge race will be in Pennsylvania between Arlen Specter, Joe Sestak, and Pat Toomey. Other potential takeover opportunities lie in Nevada, Colorado, and possibly North Dakota.
Every Dem up for election in 2010 should know that most of them will be getting a pink slip! A vote for Healthcare is a vote for your own pink slip!
I’d like to see WI Sen. Feingold on the list but he’ll be well financed and there’s no viable Republican running.
Brunner is as corrupt and as slimy a political hack as there is. Her efforts to deliver Ohio to Obama in 2008 were straight out of a banana republic playbook (and I ain't talkin' about the clothing store).
Byron Dorgan ND
Max Baucus ND
Kristen Gillibrand NY
Blanche Lincoln AR
Harry Reid NV
I don’t understand why some red states manage to put Rats in the senate (ND, AR, MT, IN)
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