Angus King and Joe Manchin are definitely switchover possibilities - if they want to keep their majority staffs, seniority, and subcommittee chairmanships.
Could take us to 55 or 56.
...if they want to keep their majority staffs, seniority, and subcommittee chairmanships.
I read somehwere that if these 2 switch over, the chances of Dems regaining control of Senate in 2016 would be slim.
Why would they get all these perks NOW, when they aren't needed for a majority? What do they really bring to the table? Not much, IMHO, simply because we are likely to have 54, because of Alaska and LA. Will they vote for impeachment? Will they oppose amnesty? I didn't think so. We don't need 2 more RINOs - let them face election the next time around and lose to people more genuinely conservative than they are.