Wouldn't It Be Poetic If coleman, chamblASS, and stevens Gave Us 60?

[Dinger]

Is that possible? If this did actually happen, would that make it 60?

[PBS Poll-435]

1. 59 1/3

Unfortunately.

However...57+ Senate seats virtually guarantees legislative success in the upper body.

[Alexander]

2. Even if we're at 58 or 59, Snowe and Collins would probably vote for cloture.

Both are relatively sane and moderate, for Republicans.

[quakerboy]

3. Poetic would be if we lost georgia

but then McCain decided to retire, and we got 60 out of it.

[TheWraith]

4. AZ law specifies that the Gov. has to appoint someone of the same party.

So McCain would be replaced by a Republican.

[quakerboy]

8. I was aware

it would still be poetic.


Just for curiosity, how hard would it be to change AZ so its like AK, requiring a special election?

[TheWraith]

10. I suppose you'd need to run a bill through the AZ legislature.

Both are Republican majority. I don't know whether that would work against us, with them seeing it as against their interests to risk an election, or if they'd favor it because they would get to pick the Republican candidate instead of having the Dem governor pick an easily-beaten hairdo.

[Sebastian Doyle]

9. Does it specify how long that person has to be a Republican before appointed

Hell, if Lieberman can change parties in the name of political expediency, why shouldn't some Arizona Democrat call him/herself a "Republican" just to get appointed by Janet.

Not that I think Gramps is going to retire anyway. He'll probably die on the Senate floor.

[TheWraith]

11. I don't know for sure. nt

[TheWraith]

5. If we nailed all three, yes, it would give us 60.

Georgia is probably still the biggest long-shot of the three.

[tblue]

6. Should we start sending money? I'd love to send old Saxby packin'!

[TheWraith]

7. If you can spare it, sure.

I expect that the DNC and all are doing their best to raise money for him given that it's the last active race, but in down-ticket races every little bit helps, particularly when he's not going to have the Obama surge to back him up.