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Hoeven Planning to Run for the Senate
politico.com ^ | 1/6/10 | moose2004

Posted on 01/06/2010 6:05:08 AM PST by moose2004

Republicans look like they’ve landed their top recruit in the North Dakota Senate race: Popular Gov. John Hoeven is letting his political allies know that he’s preparing to run for the seat of retiring Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.)

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: North Dakota
KEYWORDS: byrondorgan; hoeven; johnhoeven; nd2010; northdakota; ussenate
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1 posted on 01/06/2010 6:05:13 AM PST by moose2004
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To: moose2004

Can put that one in the book!

Lets see how the boy emperor plays when its not by just his rules...


2 posted on 01/06/2010 6:08:05 AM PST by MNlurker
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To: moose2004

Yeah!


3 posted on 01/06/2010 6:09:16 AM PST by RabidBartender (Rob Scaaf for Missouri State Senate http://schaafforsenate.com/)
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To: RabidBartender

Slam dunk!


4 posted on 01/06/2010 6:10:29 AM PST by moose2004 (Stand up, speak out and stop Obamacare and GE)
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To: moose2004

Yes! There’s one.


5 posted on 01/06/2010 6:13:07 AM PST by ScottinVA (The arrogance of this Congress is staggering. November 2010 can't get here quickly enough.)
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To: MNlurker
The ND Rats will probably nominate some sacrificial lamb to face Hoeven, no smart Dem will challenge him. Too bad Rahm, Ax and The One, you've already lost this supposed safe Dem seat. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha........!
6 posted on 01/06/2010 6:13:14 AM PST by moose2004 (Stand up, speak out and stop Obamacare and GE)
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To: moose2004

Republicans gain one in North Dakota; Dems hold one on Connecticut.


7 posted on 01/06/2010 6:13:41 AM PST by behzinlea
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Republicans gain one in North Dakota; Dems hold one in Connecticut.


8 posted on 01/06/2010 6:14:03 AM PST by behzinlea
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To: ScottinVA

One with hopefully many to follow.


9 posted on 01/06/2010 6:14:03 AM PST by moose2004 (Stand up, speak out and stop Obamacare and GE)
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To: moose2004

Hey, with all these dim-rats deserting watch for a blitzkreig of socialism from the Obamanator and friends - will make the Nazis look like whimps...BOHICA...


10 posted on 01/06/2010 6:15:07 AM PST by matginzac
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To: behzinlea

I disagree, Richard Blumenthal has the charisma of cold dishwater. He’s a perfect AG, he’s a careful lawyer through and through, but he is one of the most boring humans on the planet. I’d say the Repubs still have a very good chance at picking up this seat.


11 posted on 01/06/2010 6:17:51 AM PST by moose2004 (Stand up, speak out and stop Obamacare and GE)
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To: moose2004

I want to go on record now saying that Republicans pick up 7 Senate seats in November and retake the House.

I think there is a decent chance (perhaps 1 in 3) that Brown takes the seat in MA on the 19th. In that case, I predict a swing of 8 seats, which is close to the maximum possible.


12 posted on 01/06/2010 7:30:19 AM PST by drellberg
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7 would be awesome. Here’s my list of vulnerable Dems for 2010:

Harry Reid - Nevada

Michael Bennett - Colorado

Open Seat in Illinois

Open Seat in North Dakota

Kirsten Gillibrand - New York

Open Seat Connecticut

Arlen Specter - Pennsylvania

Open Seat Delaware

Evan Bayh - Indiana (I’ll go out on a limb and put Bayh in this column, he voted for the “stimulus” and the Senate version of health care reform)

Blanche Lincoln - Arkansas

Barbara Boxer - California (obviously she has to be favored to win again, but CA’s economy is so deep in the toilet that she cannot be considered a shoe in)


13 posted on 01/06/2010 7:52:25 AM PST by moose2004 (Stand up, speak out and stop Obamacare and GE)
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To: behzinlea
Don't be too sure about Connecticut.

There are a lot of senior citizens there who aren't happy about this Health Care Bill, cutting their Medicare.

14 posted on 01/06/2010 8:57:29 AM PST by fortheDeclaration ("Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people".-John Adams)
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that’s 11 Dems even without MA which is a longshot but certainly plausible. The odds are against coming anywhere close to running the table, and yet I would not be surprised if Dems lost 8 of these 12.

My brother, a conservative Hoosier, tells me that an Op-Ed posted online by Bayh (Indie Star?) recently was greeted with hundreds of online comments that were 100% pure anger. He says the wrath exhibited there was beyond anything he would have expected.

This year I don’t know that any Democrat is safe, including the MA Senate seat being voted on in 2 weeks. I must say that I just can’t wait!


15 posted on 01/06/2010 10:01:21 AM PST by drellberg
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To: drellberg

I agree with you on Bayh’s chances. After supporting Obama on his “stimulus plan” (twice, $787 billion plus an additional $400 billion) and now voting for the Senate version of Obamacare there is no way the Indiana Senator can depend on his famous family name to get him elected or re-elected to anything. He cannot fool anyone any longer into believing he is a true centrist moderate. He has the same problems that Blanche Lincoln has in Arkansas. Over the years Lincoln has carefully cultivated a centrist image back home, an example is her support for the 2nd Amendment. But in reality her voting record is clearly liberal and tows the Dem party, Harry Reid and Barack Obama line.


16 posted on 01/06/2010 10:29:52 AM PST by moose2004 (Stand up, speak out and stop Obamacare and GE)
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To: moose2004; fieldmarshaldj; Impy; Clintonfatigued

Politico is repotting today that Hoeven will be announcing his Senate candidacy later today. It’s also reporting that Cramer will be running against Pomeroy. Sounds like a GOP sweep in ND.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0110/31339.html


17 posted on 01/11/2010 6:48:53 AM PST by AuH2ORepublican (If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll protect your rights?)
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To: AuH2ORepublican; Impy; Clintonfatigued

Now we just need Ed Schafer to run in 2012 against Conrad (or one of the other GOP statewide officials). It will be interesting to see if Conrad voluntarily retires.


18 posted on 01/11/2010 1:34:23 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

“Now we just need Ed Schafer to run in 2012 against Conrad (or one of the other GOP statewide officials).”


I think that the parenthetical should have gone after “Schefer,” not after “Conrad.” : )

Schafer could have taken Dorgan out in 2004, but chose not to run. What’s Schafer been up to the last few years?


19 posted on 01/11/2010 2:34:27 PM PST by AuH2ORepublican (If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll protect your rights?)
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To: AuH2ORepublican

He succeeded Mike Johanns as Dubya’s last Agriculture Secretary.


20 posted on 01/11/2010 3:03:11 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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