Fight for control of Senate intensifies as Democrats capitalize: 'Odds have improved'

Fox News ^ | April 28 2020 | Paul Steinhauser

[knighthawk]

The math was never on the GOP’s side.

Republicans enjoy a 53-47 majority in the U.S. Senate, but the party’s defending 23 of the 35 seats up for grabs in the chamber this November. And while at least a half-dozen GOP seats are considered battlegrounds, Democrats are defending just a handful of vulnerable incumbents.

Two developments this month appear to be giving the Democrats a further boost.

“I do think it’s 50/50 right now. I think that Democrats' odds have improved over the past month,” predicted Jessica Taylor, who closely tracks the Senate races for the Cook Report, a leading non-partisan political handicapper.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

the Republicans should abolish the 17th Amendment this summer.

Never ceases to amaze how some people talk as if passing a constitutional amendment were a walk in the park.

You’d need 2/3 of the House and the Senate both - and Republicans don’t even have a simple majority in the House.

[Meatspace]

Start the Amendment Process and people will pay attention and it will gain support and momentum.