On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 9:11 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > > That is a fascinating bit of prognostication. Current Senate shows > Democrats with a 58-40 edge with 2 independents caucusing with the > D's. D's have two Senators not running for their seat and R's have 6. > D's have 16 sitting going for reelection and R's have 12. Would you > care to tell me in what way the Republican's are going to take the > Senate?
They need to gain 10 seats, Liebermans already talking of switching so nine more. > Democrats hold 257 seats in the House to 178 for Republicans. 40 seats have to change, we did better than that in 94 > I expect the Democrats to lose some seats this go around after > impressive gains the last two cycles. But loosing both houses? I'd be > surprised if they lost one, though there is historical precedent and > lord knows that Democrats can snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. > > I'd be curious about your political calculus Sam. Alas, I fear it is > more piss ant partisan blustering. But if you have a real path to > victory and the majority for Republicans, I'd love to hear it. > You really don't remember the Clinton years do you. He did wonders for himself but screwed all the Dems. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:305082 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
