October 1, 2011 at 12:31am
Ye-HAW! Boy-HOWDY! (No! not Liberal Analysis, real one's)
This IS some real GOOD NEWS!!!
Odds Favor GOP Gaining Senate Control in 2012
By Sean Trende - September 28, 2011
"The Senate and House races are usually undercard matches in presidential years. But 2012 may be different. Republicans are expected to hold the House, and are probably slight favorites to win the White House at this point. If Democrats are going to keep a toehold in Washington, their only hope is retaining the Senate. This is especially true because much of what the Republican Congress will probably focus on in 2013 is spending cuts, which can -- and almost certainly will -- be done through budget reconciliation (which only requires a majority vote).
But the Democrats’ chances of holding the Senate aren't particularly good. Right now Republicans hold 47 of the 100 seats; if they win the presidency, they would need to pick up three more seats to have a majority. As of today, they are favored to pick up two Democratic seats. Two Republican seats are tossups, along with six Democratic seats. If we assume Democrats pick off one of the two Republican tossups, and that Republican pick off half of the Democratic tossups, Republicans would have a 51-49 majority.
Of course, Senate tossups have tended to break hard toward one party or the other, which suggests that the Republicans have much more upside than Democrats. If Republicans were to sweep the tossups, they would have a 55-45 majority, tying them for their largest advantage since 1928. With a large number of Democrats up for re-election in 2014, many of whom occupy seats in red states, that would probably give Republicans working control of the chamber.
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Link to FULL Article:
http://conservativebyte.com/2011/09/analysis-democrats-likely-to-lo...
www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/09/28/odds_favor_gop_gainin...
While we are cultivating our field for a Bountiful Harvest, can we not weed out the undesirables, and truly make 2013, the greatest year in Politics since the signing of the Constitution? Hell who knows, 13 may become our lucky number?
