Worrisome news at Electoral-Vote: Latest polls have R's retain Senate

[Greeby]

http://www.electoral-vote.com/

See for yourself, it looks like it's coming down to MO, VA, and TN

For the House, based on their combo of available polls, and where none are available the 04 election results, the Dems take the House 228-205 with 2 Ties

[bryant69]

1. Us taking the Senate was always going to be an uphill climb

We could still do it, but a lot of chips have got to fall our way.

Bryant
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[Burried News]

2. Maybe ... but cloture votes will be impossible for the THUGs to

win assuming a united Dem minority. :)

[Greeby]

6. Watching the 109th Congress at work

I'd say that would be assuming too much

[Teaser]

3. I never expected us to take the senate

not for the last year, at least.

[Mass]

4. We know the Senate will be very tight

There are not enough seats in play to go to an easy victory. Winning the Senate basically means we lose NO seats and we win nearly every seat available.

VA,MO, and TN are still a toss-up and have always been. We simply need to work hard on these seats. There is nothing else to do.

[Atman]

5. That's the plan

They're betting on losing the house by margin too big to steal, so they're trying to staunch the hemorrhaging by using the Senate as a firewall against anything the dems try to do in the House. Either we win neither, or we win only the House, but we ain't taking it all. Too much is at stake. War criminals and profiteers don't suddenly become upstanding, honest citizens just prior to the most important election in history.

[in_cog_ni_to]

7. The upside? If we don't take back the Senate in '06,

we WILL take it back in '08 when the House investigations reveal the corruption of the repukes. People will be APPALLED by what they learn, which is what WE DUers have known since 2000. The Senate will be ours to take. JMCPO

on edit Here's the '08 races:

2008 senate races


There are several seats that may be open to because their incumbent is considered a potential 2008 presidential contender.

1. Biden (D) - DE



2. Kerry (D) - MA



3. Hagel (R) - NE





4. Lautenberg (D) - NJ



5. Levin (D) - MI



6. Rockefeller (D) - WV



7. Alexander (R) - TN



8. Coleman (R) - MN



9. Inhofe (R) - OK

10. Dole (R) - NC


11. Cornyn (R) - TX

12. Smith (R) - OR



13. Allard (R) - CO



14. Chambliss (R) - GA



15. Durbin (D) - IL


16. Johnson (D) - SD


17. Collins (R) - ME



18. Graham (R) - SC

19. Landrieu (D) - LA


20. Pryor (D) - AR


21. Sununu (R) - NH

[Hav]

8. .

It has always been very hard to gain 51 or 52 seats.
The 3 mentioned states are more or less tied and VA doesn't look that bad. If the Repubs lose one of those 3, it's 50-50. That would be still a nice success for the Dems.

Anyway, in 2008 we have a way better chance to gain more seats as far more Gop seats are at stake than this year.

[liberal N proud]

9. Not to change the subject but did you vote in the poll on that page

What is the most important issue for you?


Selection Votes
Terrorism 5% 111
Iraq 21% 471
Immigration 2% 53
Taxes 2% 37
Economy 8% 178
Help Bush 3% 66
Hurt Bush 54% 1,220
Other 5% 122

2,258 votes total

Outstanding!

[RB TexLa]

10. plus 3 statistical ties Va, Tn, and Mo