Paul Weyrich: Republicans Could Lose Six Seats in US Senate in 2008

[L. Coyote]

Why are the Rs so desperate that they have to attack all those nice folks at Move On? SIMPLE!

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Paul Weyrich: Republicans Could Lose Six Seats in US Senate in 2008
By Paul M. Weyrich - Sep 20, 2007 - http://www.nationalledger.com/ledgerdc/article_272616183.shtml

In this Congress Senate Minority Leader A. Mitchell (Mitch) McConnell, Jr. (R-KY) has real power. He has 49 Republican Senators to the Democratic Majority’s 51. However, in the Senate it takes 60 votes to accomplish almost anything. The Majority often falls short of 60; thus Mitch McConnell prevails. The Majority gets angrier as it fails to achieve its objectives.

But McConnell has to worry about the next Congress. There is a real possibility that he may not have more than 41 Senators, a few of those possibly flakes. He may not be able to prevent the Majority from securing 60 votes and if he cannot prevent that his power would almost evaporate.

The landscape is as follows: all indications are that the Democrats will have a winning candidate for the Presidency and it could be that the Democratic candidate for President would win decisively. In that scenario Republican candidates for the Senate would need to overcome a Democratic candidate for the Presidency.

First, the Republicans are defending 23 seats in the Senate, the Democrats only 12.

We begin with retirees. .....

[thereismore]

1. God I hope it's more than 6. They would still have >40 to filibuster the shit out of anything. nt

[Kolesar]

5. There would be a lot of votes where the 44Rs would be hard-pressed to stay together

Issues like fair-trade, health care for all, climate protection, etc.

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

2. We Need To Take All 23

EVERY SINGLE repub SEAT should be up for grabs.

I want to see 73 Democrats in the Senate, and a 70% majority in the House.

[Vincardog]

4. Then can we clean house and get rid of the DINOs like Lieberman?

[sicksicksick_N_tired]

3. Paul Weyrich,...

:scared: that is one freaky individual,...

[L. Coyote]

8. Yeah, if he says eight, you know they are worried about 16 or more!

Free Congress Foundation = A Washington, DC conservative research institute ...

You did see the post comment to author box, right!

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

6. Too bad we need 26 for a simple majority.

Today's vote made that apparent.

[Eric J in MN]

7. I don't agree with the Al Franken remark.

"Next is Minnesota. Senator Norm Coleman has performed well as a Republican Senator. The only way he will be re-elected is if Al Franken is the Democratic nominee."

Ciresi and Franken have similar numbers in polls against Coleman.

If Franken is the nominee, he will get hit harder in ads by the GOP, but he'll also hit back harder.