[Republican Wildcat]

John Raese for Senate

[RightGeek]

Ask ole Joe if would vote for Harry Reid for Majority Leader

[Mariner]

Until today, this wasn't even on the conservative radar.

Now we have to ask the question: Will it be a 10-seat pick-up, or 11?

[Soul Seeker]

WV votes Republican in presidential races. Byrd was similiar to Kennedy. He’d been there so long and the people in the state seemed to personally like him. With him gone a Republican winning is possible but it depends on the candidate, quality of the campaign and really how addicted they are to pork. There is no reason a conservative can’t win here however. This is a race conservatives should aggressively involve themselves in.

[taildragger]

This is one of 4 seats if my memory is correct that would be sworn in right away.

They also include:

Obama's Seat
Biden's Seat
And Hillary's Seat

If we get 2 or even all 4 Reid ain't got doodley-sqwat, his days of 60 easy votes for Cloture are finito...

The Obamatrain and the Lame Duck Session are then officially over..

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Republican Wildcat.

[liberalcide1]

What a wonderful thought—a republican taking Byrd’s spot. Lets all contribute as much as we can to make it happen. Republican control of the Senate is in sight.

[Roccus]

Your excerpt, "Among the 34 percent of voters who just "somewhat approve" of the job Manchin is doing as governor..." is somewhat misleading. According to the article, Manchine has an overall favorable rating of 70%. IMO, he's not done a bad job as governor and this could be a very good thing. My fellow Mountaineers may not want to lose him to the Senate.

[Republican Wildcat]

here you go

[drellberg]

My point here is a bit off topic, but only a bit.

Everyone focuses on picking up enoough seats for the Republicans to take control of the House and Senate. The House is a foregone conclusion, so consider the Senate. The point that everyone is missing is that the Dems made their big advances in 2006 and 2008. So to my way of thinking it really is NOT control after this election in 2010 that people should focus on. I am amazed at what, say, an 8-seat pickup in 2010 means for 2012 and 2014.

In my very restrained scenario, the Dems lose 65 seats in the House, 8 Senate seats, almost the entire country in terms of governor slots (which are key to redistricting) and Obama finds himself even less popular in Feb. 2011 than he is now. Even if the Dems can “limit” their losses to this, they will (and should be) in full panic mode, because at that point they face the likely prospect of utter annhilation in 2012 and 2014 when the great majority of Senate incumbents up for election will be Democrats; and where redistricting makes even more Dems in the House highly vulnerable.

Like everyone else, I’m hoping that the Republicans take the Senate and capture more than 65 seats in the House. But my point is that regardless, this election is shaping up to be a tsunami for the Republicans.

[MadelineZapeezda]

"Nuf said....