GOP Poised For Epic Fail in Senate
http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2012/9/28/185033/921GOP Poised For Epic Fail in Senate
by BooMan
Fri Sep 28th, 2012 at 06:50:33 PM EST
If you can believe the Democrats' internal polls, Heidi Hetkamp is on pace to retain Sen. Kent Conrad's North Dakota seat. There are a lot of close Senate races this year, but it looks like the Democrats are ahead in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Missouri, North Dakota, and Nevada, and Angus King has the advantage in Maine. The Arizona race is too close to call. Other than Pennsylvania, none of these races are in the bag, but we could be looking at a really strong result on election day.
Currently, the Dems have 53 senators caucusing with them. If things stand as they are, the Dems would lose their seat in Nebraska, but pick up seats in Maine, Massachusetts, Indiana, and Nevada. That would be a three-seat pick up. Winning Arizona would make it a four-seat pick up. The Dems could wind up with 56 or 57 seats. Add in that Joe Lieberman will be replaced by an actual Democrat, and the shift is even better.
Women would have something to celebrate, too. We could add the following women to the Senate:
Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND)
Shelley Berkley (D-NV)
Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
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In any case, the assumption has been that the Dems would lose control of the Senate. That is still a real possibility. But it's actually looking more likely right now that the Dems will add a seat or two or four.
That's a testimony to the compelling nature of Mitt Romney's campaign themes.
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LOL!!
You know, I drove past an old Dexter's shoe outlet store a couple weeks ago. You remember Dexters? Shoes that were made in Maine?
It's been replaced with a fireworks outlet. You know...fireworks that are imported from China. That's Gov. 38%ers idea of creating jobs in Maine -- legalizing home fireworks. Well, I suppose sooner or later it will start increasing ER check-ins, so may help the healthcare industry 
How about teabagger obstruction in Congress? Remember that? How much better shape would the country be in if we didn't have teabaggers obstructing Obama's every move?
Angus King is left-leaning and well-liked here. The top-tier dems, such as my rep, Chellie Pingree, opted out of running for the senate seat *immediately after* Angus King announced he was running. There was a reason for that.
We can't afford a repeat of Gov. 38%. Instead, the lesser known, "2nd tier" dems are using this election as a chance to garner name recognition for future runs.
Angus King is an old-style, sane politician. That means what he says now may not be what he does later. But unlike teabaggers who are out to destroy everything, what King does will help bring some bacon to Maine, which we desperately need. In other words, he will use his status as independent as a bargaining chip, which all pols do. But he'll also do the right thing when the chips are down.
I strongly suggest Maine dems do what I did in '10. I waited until late in the game. When it became clear that the dem candidate (I can't even remember her name now) with only 20% in the polls and 2 weeks to go had zero chance, I voted independent to try to protect us from the teabagger. Had more dems done that, we wouldn't be suffering under Gov. 38% today. Independent may not be perfect, but it's one hell of a lot better that teabagger stupidity.
By all means, tell pollsters you're voting dem no matter what. But when push comes to shove, please, please, please vote against another teabagger. Please.
