Prediction: Republicans Will Pick Up 9 Seats in Senate for 50-50 Split

LifeNews.com ^ | November 1, 2010 | Steven Ertelt

[julieee]

Prediction: Republicans Will Pick Up 9 Seats in Senate for 50-50 Split

Washington, DC -- LifeNews.com is today predicting that Republicans will pick up nine seats in the Senate for a 50-50 split of the upper chamber of Congress.

Based on poling data, polling trends and the movement and momentum in the closing week of the campaigns, it appears the Senate will have a historic tie, which pro-abortion Vice President Joe Biden will be able to break.

GOP candidates will easily pick up seats four states (Arkansas, Indiana, North Dakota, Wisconsin) and will win closer election victories in five more (Colorado, Illinois, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Washington). They will also hold Alaska.

http://LifeNews.com/nat-6807

[KarlInOhio]

And the Democrats will be nice enough to have co-Chairmen on over committee and split the Senate budget 50/50.... yeah, right.

[rahbert]

Let there be gridlock.

[Lee'sGhost]

As great as the victory will be for many reasons, nothing would give me more satisfaction and joy than to see O’Donnell win in Delaware.

Not only would it be spit in the faces of the GOP elite ass hats, we would see libtard heads exploding all across the country.

[rhombus]

Let there be gridlock.

Exactly. The media will try to spin gridlock like it's a bad thing. We shouldn't let them. Be pround to be the party of "no" and more importantly "hell no". Gridlock is a beautiful thing.

[dictatorMA]

Thank you for posting this as this possibility is very real. Question, does anyone know how a 50/50 split would affect committee assignments? My main concern is with the Judicial approvals.. even though Biteme can break legislative ties, his 101st vote should have no impact on committee assignments, is this correct??

[rahbert]

Except when it comes to undoing Obamacare.

[skaterboy]

We gotta get one more...COME ON WVA..........Biden will be tie breaker....we cant have it

[Ingtar]

We can always hope that WV or DE are simply Dim push polls and not reality.

[TigerClaws]

Joe Miller leads in Alaska

http://publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com/2010/10/miller-leads-in-alaska.html

[Combat_Liberalism]

This guy missed a big one. WV will go to Raese on the basis of higher and more motivated turnout. Bank on it. 51R-49D. This is too big a wave for the puny jackasses to hold back. Rasmussen’s poll does not pick up late breakers nor does it properly assess the varying turnout. Too many who would vote for Manchin won’t even show up. Too many who will vote for Raese have been assumed by the pollsters to stay home. These miscalculations are all over the electoral map. Look for more than 80 pick ups in the House.

[lewislynn]

Republicans Will Pick Up 9 Seats in Senate for 50-50 Split

That would give the Democrats at least a 2 seat vote advantage when you factor in Snowe and Collins.

[ChildOfThe60s]

Are you forgetting the RINOs? 50/50 really means 60/40.

[LibLieSlayer]

51 to 53... bank on it.

LLS

[Crichton]

FReeper Election Predictions 2010
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2618264/posts

[buckalfa]

Current WV voter registration totals from WV Metro News:

“Democrat: 656,689; Republican: 350,357; No Party Affiliation: 189,495; Other: 18,362; Mountain: 1,120.”

Enthusiasm, hence voter turnout by the GOP and independents had better carry the day. Folks just do not understand how long a shot Raese has faced since day one. May it be God's will that Raese prevails.

[southernnorthcarolina]

The article's author must be reading my posts.

My Senate predictions, posted on Crichton's "FReeper Predictions" thread yesterday:

U.S. Senate

Current alignment: 57 D + 2 Inds. who caucus with Ds, 41 R. So for all intents and purposes, 59 D, 41 R. Seats up: 37, including 3 for less than a full term (DE, NY, WV). Of the 37, Ds hold 19, Rs hold 18.

Prediction: Net R gain of 9. [R gains: PA, IN, IL, AR, WI, ND, CO, NV, WA. D gains: none. R holds in key races: NH, NC, FL, KY, OH, MO, AK. D holds in key races: DE, WV, CA.] New alignment: 50 D, 50 R; Dems keep control with Slow Joe as tiebreaker.

Upset special: Dino Rossi (R) over Patty Murray (D) in WA.

[BenKenobi]

I say 52-48 with the Dims holding CA.

[Professional]

I live in WA State. I just don’t see Dino winning...

Gop winds up with 47-48 seats in Senate. That WILL be a victory, that the media spins as a LOSS. The media is already working on talking points to discredit any GOP gains. Seen it before, we’ll see it again...