More Losses For Senate Republicans?
December 20, 2008
After losing a total of 13 or 14 seats (depending on the outcome in Minnesota) in the nightmarish 2006 and 2008 Senate elections, Republicans must be fantasizing about 2012, when 24 Democratic and just nine Republican Senate seats will be up for grabs.
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House GOP Faces A Long March, Not A Sprint
December 17, 2008
In the final stretch going into President Bill Clinton's first midterm election in 1994, Republicans needed a 40-seat gain to capture control of the House. As of now, once the new 111th Congress is sworn in (the count looks likely to be 257 Democrats to 178 Republicans), the GOP will again need a 40-seat net gain to win a majority.
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CO SENATE: Another day, another appointed Senator
December 18, 2008
President-Elect Barack Obama’s selection of Democratic Sen. Ken Salazar to be Secretary of the Interior means that Democratic Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter will need to appoint someone to fill the remaining two years of Salazar’s term and run for a full term in 2010.
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Senate's Power Rests With Centrists
December 13, 2008
With Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss's 57.5 percent to 42.5 percent victory in Georgia's runoff, Minnesota's contest is the only 2008 Senate race that remains undecided. Both Republican incumbent Norm Coleman and Democratic challenger Al Franken claim to hold the lead.
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Wild and Woolly Finish
December 9, 2008
It seems entirely appropriate that this tumultuous and unpredictable election year would start coming to a close with the kind of events we have seen in Georgia, Louisiana, Minnesota and Ohio in recent days.
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More Losses For Senate Republicans?
December 20, 2008
After losing a total of 13 or 14 seats (depending on the outcome in Minnesota) in the nightmarish 2006 and 2008 Senate elections, Republicans must be fantasizing about 2012, when 24 Democratic and just nine Republican Senate seats will be up for grabs.
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