AP Interview: GOP Sen. Bennett Predicts Reid Win

[Elmore Furth]

Source: Associated Press

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Warning that tea party ''mischief'' may be aiding Democrats this election season, defeated Utah Republican U.S. Sen. Bob Bennett says that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid likely will keep his seat and that the GOP may not win hotly contested Senate races in Colorado or Kentucky either.

In an interview in his home state with The Associated Press, Bennett also suggested that Republicans may not have a clear plan to govern even if they do take control of the Senate this year.

Weighing in on election season, Bennett expressed concern over the fiercely contested GOP primary in Colorado and said that, in Nevada, Reid appears to be a shoo-in to defeat Sharon Angle, a tea party candidate who won the Republican nomination last month.

''With the tea party creating the mischief that it is in Colorado, we may not win that seat. My sources in Nevada say with Sharon Angle there's no way Harry Reid loses in Nevada,'' he said about the GOP challenger to Democratic Senate majority leader.


Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/07/09/us/politics/AP-US-Bennett-Republicans.html?_r=1&ref=news

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The race isn't over yet.

[bluestateguy]

1. Ah the things they can say once they never have to worry about elections again

nt

[UTUSN]

2. Ummm, o.k., I'll take a Dem/REID win from WHEREVER, o-KAY?11 n/t

[nyy1998]

3. Atleast someone int he Republican party realizes what a nutjob

Sharon Angle is. She's the gift that keeps on giving. If Reid loses this election, then he probably deserves to go, but he'd have to majorly screw up for that to happen.

[otohara]

4. I Sure Hope He's Right

the thought of Angle in the Senate is embarrassing, along with Dr. Paul, Mr. Buck.

[saigon68]

5. `