[votelife]

this is an incredible post on the Estrada matter. I have followed it closely, but I am no lawyer and and I really appreciate this post.

I was thinking the GOP has a good chance to get +3 seats next time which would give 54 seats. Then with a few Dem votes, the pressure on other senators would be much higher. Getting just a few more GOP senators would really help solve this.

[hchutch]

I think +3 might be on the lower end of the real of possibilities.

We could go anywhere from +2 to +7 (SC, FL, NC, GA, NV, WI, LA, and WA, while losing IL). We will need lucky breaks to win WI, NV, and LA, so I think +4 is more likely, but we could go higher with Bush atthe top of the ticket.