Posted on 11/19/2010 1:13:51 PM PST by Vigilanteman
The 2010 campaign has so rattled senators up for reelection in 2012 that they’re already moving quickly to figure out how to survive.
Veteran Democrats such as Kent Conrad of North Dakota and Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico are weighing retirement. Establishment Republicans such as Orrin Hatch of Utah and Dick Lugar of Indiana are already moving to fend off potential primaries from the right. Freshmen like Bob Casey of Pennsylvania and Jon Tester of Montana are stepping up fundraising, and red-state Democrats like Claire McCaskill of Missouri are talking up their independence from the party.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1110/45320.html#ixzz15lQqVY6V
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there is only one vote that matters in the lame-duck session: amnesty
Any senator who votes for that in the filibuster phase, must be voted out, and we must let them know it asap.
Maybe some of them learned their lesson.
Right. The Laut will probably retire if he doesn’t die first. The reason it is a toss-up (at best) is because the replacement could very easily be another dem.
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