[zbigreddogz]

The dem roster is chock full of geezers that could kick the bucket at any minute.

First off, this kind of goolish speculation isn't right.

Second, even if it were, both of the people you mentioned would be replaced by Dems anyway. WV's Gov. is a Democrat, and Mass. has a law (that was passed when JF'nK was running) that calls for a special election, and doesn't allow the Governor to replace him. And even if it didn't have that law, it'll have a Democratic Governor in less then a month.

[Political Junkie Too]

Harry Reid is a Democrat at risk, too.

Last month, there was speculation that he was one of the Democrat Senators being discussed by Abramoff. Reid is from Nevada, which has a Republican governor.

If Reid goes down, that's another Republican added.

-PJ

[Phantom Lord]

My point, and you know this, isn't that we should wish for, or even idly watch for the death of a democratic senator. But that the democrats and their much publicized death watch for Helms and Thurmond was seen as routine and even within the bounds of political civility.

And as a party, they have a lot of old people in the Senate, more so than the GOP. So a death watch on members in the Senate would primarily focus on the Rats.