49 dems, 49 rep, 2 independents.
Brown -- Ohio, Whitehouse -- Rhode Island, Casey -- Pennslyvania, McCaskil -- Missouri, Ford -- Tennessee, Tester -- Montana, Lieberman -- Connecticut, allen -- virginia, kyl -- arizona,
In my prediction, you then have a 49 Dem, 49 Rep, 2 Ind in the US Senate.
Lieberman votes with the Republicans for Majority Leadership positions, Sanders of Vermont votes with Democrats, thus allowing V-P Dick Cheney the unique opportunity to cast vote in favor of Republican Control of the US Senate for 2007-2008.
There you have it. Remember my thread on Election Day.
Sincerely, the Predictor.
We won't lose all of (MO/TN/NJ/MD).
I agree generally with this assesment, but Lieberman will only caucus with the GOP on Iraq and WOT issues
on most other issues he will be with the dems
Lieberman will caucus with the Dems, giving them a majority, in fact I wouldnt be surprised if he switches back to D after the election.
What indications do you have that Lieberman will vote with the Republicans for Majority Leader? It wouldn't surprise me either way, but I haven't seen anything about what he might do.
By the way, last time I looked at TradeSports, the betting was running 75% that the GOP retains control of the Senate, 33% that it retains controlof the House.
Lieberman would posture, express "serious concerns", maybe even crack a tear or two, but he'd still vote for Democratic leadership. Regular Stockholm syndrome.
That's my prediction.
With Cheney as the casting vote, the majority is maintained.
I do think, however, you are being unduly pessimistic.
Regards, Ivan
Ford -- Tennessee
You really think so???
no way Lieberman would vote with the Republican!
Nor do I think Talent will lose, nor Ford win.
Lieberman has been clear and unambiguous in saying he plans to caucus with the democrats.
Wrong! We surely win in TN and MO. Maybe we add Kean in NJ. As to Lieberman, he is and will be a "Rat".
Doom and gloom vanity predictions from a newbie.
Your predictions are ridiculous. Back to DU with you.
Sorry, Charlie. We won't need Smokin' Joe. We won't lose anything, net. The only two I'm at all worried about now are Santorum and DeWine, but we'll gain Steele and Kean for a wash. If the trend continues, however, we very well might be looking at Bouchard and Kennedy sneaking in wins, along with DeWine and Santorum, in which case Smokin' Joe could actually give us . . . (gulp) 60, and cloture.
No ay that we're goping to lose OH, RI, PA, MO,TN and MN. It'll be a bad night if we lose 2 of those...Ohio and PA. And there's no reason to suspect that Lieberman will caucus with the GOP..he's said that he'll caucus with the 'Rats and I suspect that if he wins he'll rejoin the 'Rats officially as soon as he can.
Lieberman would caucus with al-Qaeda before he ever voted for Republican committee chairmen.
I am sticking with my prediction. Very little turn over.
This will be very much like 1990.
Lieberman is still a Democrat. He will never join the GOP except for a couple of votes.
Forget it - this analysis is totally wrong. No way are we going to suffer a massive defeat like this.
What if the reps and Lieberman win?
Willhe caucus with the reps to get a chairmanship?
Your predictions are sound except for the farfetched notion that Lieberman will become a Republican. He's using the gullible conservatives in Connecticut to vote the same party line hes voted for the past decade.