Progress in the ‘World’s Greatest Deliberative Body’?

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http://inthesetimes.com/article/12907/progress_in_the_worlds_greatest_deliberative_body


Congresswoman Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Dr. Jeffrey Sachs at the Progressive Caucus Press Conference introducing "The People's Budget," on April 13, 2011. (Photo courtesy Congresswoman Mazie Hirono's office via Flickr)

There’s at least a fair chance of a new Democrat coming to power in 11 of the 33 Senate races this fall.

Republicans are defending 10 seats this year, as opposed to the 21 Democratic seats that are in contention. The seats of two independents who caucus with the Democrats, Bernie Sanders and Joe Lieberman, are also in contention. Lieberman is retiring. Sanders is running again and is expected to win easily.

For the Democratic Party, the emerging field of new candidates contains mostly good news. Several strong prospects are mounting campaigns, especially in states that lean Republican, giving Democrats a better-than-expected chance of maintaining control of the Senate. They now have a 51-seat majority and a governing majority, with Lieberman and Sanders, of 53.

The odds of Democrats retaining a narrow majority are fairly strong. They’ll probably lose at least three or four close races, but they have a good chance of picking up one or two seats now held by Republicans. If the Senate is split evenly between Democrats and Republicans, control will rest with the party that wins the presidential election.

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1. Jeffrey Sachs would like to be World Bank president

Of course he has no chance. Pity, because he might be able to actually do some good were he appointed.

Full bio here

The job will probably go to that asshat Larry Summers.

Still, Reuters reported recently that Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), Harvard economist and former Obama adviser Lawrence Summers, U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Pepsi Co. CEO Indra Nooyi remain the top-tier candidates. Zoellick's term expires June 30th.[/blockquote


http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/03/sachs-having-discussions-on-world-bank-job-118083.html