[sinkspur]

Kirk is trying to paint Cornyn as a racist for backing action on Iraq. That tells me that Kirk is desperate and his internal polling is beginning to suck.

Perry is going to destroy Sanchez, and he'll have sufficient coattails to carry Cornyn into office.

BTW, I notice you scarf up every obscure source that predicts gloom-and-doom for Republicans. Jack Anderson hasn't been a serious political commentator since he thought somebody was trying to assassinate him.

[Right_in_Virginia]

"John McLaughlin, whose PBS "Group" series, looks at election forecasts, sees a continuing Democrat Senate."

Another example of staying past one's shelf life?????

[Congressman Billybob]

Not only are the "pundits" dead wrong in predicting that the Democrats will retain control of the Senate, it will be known that they are wrong by about 3 p.m. Eastern on election day.

I am assuming, with good cause, that Drudge or someone else on the Internet will break the embargo on the results of the exit polls that are conducted once in the morning and again in the afternoon at key precincts in key races across the country. If so, word will get out between 3 and 3:30 that Forrester has defeated Torricelli in New Jersey.

The Torch is, of course, campaigning on the idea that no matter how bad he is, the people of New Jersey should reelect him to prevent the (nasty) Republicans from retaking the Senate. The same argument is being made by other Democrat candidates for Senate, across the country.

Once Torricelli goes down in flames, the Senate is back in Republican hands UNLESS the Democrats take more seats from the Republicans than the Republicans take from the Democrats. The Republicans have, arguably, three seats at risk -- Arkansas, Colorado, and Texas. The Democrats also have three seats at risk (other than New Jersey) -- Minnesota, Missouri, and South Dakota.

The Republicans are all in a statistical tie in their "at risk" seats. The Democrats are all down in the polls in their "at risk" seats (unless Johnson is now statistically tied with Thune in South Dakota). If Torricelli goes down, early, the "Save us from a Republican Senate" argument goes down with him.

The Senate slap-down of Texas Supreme Court Judge Priscila Owen by the Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee will savage the Democrat in Texas. She is very popular in Texas; remember that state has elections for its judges. And it will also hurt the Democrat in Missouri; the only thing keeping the Widow Carnahan in the race there is the gender gap of women preferring her over Talent. He will hang the defeat of Judge Owen around her neck like a long-dead albatross (insert Monty Phython riff, here).

When Torricelli goes down, Daschle goes down with him. And the momentum from the Torricelli loss -- spread by the Internet and talk radio -- will bring down other Democrat candidates with them.

I stand by my prediction, made in writing here last November, that the Republicans "will gain 1-3 seats in the Senate" and will take control.

I hope the political assassination of Judge Owen does sink Jean Carhahan in Missouri. As mentioned on other threads, that is a "special election" and Talent would be seated immediately rather than waiting until January, so the Republicans can reorganize the Senate BEFORE the lame duck session which will take place in November.

Congressman Billybob

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[jwalsh07]

Kirk played the race card, Sink is exactly right, his internal polling is in the dumper.

[solo gringo]

We don't need a McKenny in Texas.We need John Cornyn a true blue Texan."LETS ROLL"

[yianni]

John McLaughlin was not a Catholic priest. He was a Jesuit priest. There is a distinction.

[doosee]

If, a big if, the Repubs take back the Senate,look for little disappointed Tommy Daschle to call a meeting to "share" the leadership power. First, Jeffords should be exiled from everything. Every single thing this guy requests should be rejected. Then, recall all the judges who have been turned down. Time to rewrite the history books.....

[PJ-Comix]

Oddly enough the fact that Jumpin' Jim Jeffords caused the Senate to be run by the Demmycrats will actually HELP the Republicans to regain control in November. Why? Because the Demmycrats went overboard and started blocking almost all judicial nominees in committee from going to the Senate floor. Result is that it rubs the public the wrong way. Example: The fact that the female judicial nominee from Texas was blocked in Demmycrat controlled committee is sure to HURT Kirk in Texas.