Yes but the change I would hope for in my state doesn't come up for another 3+ years.
McCaskill has been industriously trying to position her Obamabot self as a bipartisan reformer, with the aid of union ad money from AFSCME mainly. She always has been sort of integrity-challenged.
Claire also has that little tax problem involving her and her husbands private plane.
Senators up for Election in 2012
Democrat
Akaka (HI) (retiring)
Bingaman (NM) (retiring)
Brown (OH)
Cantwell (WA)
Cardin (MD)
Carper (DE)
Casey (PA)
Conrad (ND) (retiring)
Feinstein (CA)
Gillibrand (NY)
Klobuchar (MN)
Democrat
Kohl (WI)
Lieberman (CT) (retiring)
Manchin (WVA)
McCaskill (MO)
Menendez (NJ)
Ben Nelson (NE)
Bill Nelson (FL)
Sanders (VT)
Stabenow (MI)
Tester (MT)
Webb (VA) (retiring)
Whitehouse (RI)
Republican
Barasso (WY)
Brown (MA)
Corker (TN)
Ensign (NV) (retiring)
Hatch (UT)
Hutchison (TX) (retiring)
Kyl (AZ) (retiring)
Lugar (IN)
Wicker (MS)
Snowe (ME)
GradeGov (http://gradegov.com/)
That's quite a list. Looks like 2012 is going to be very interesting.
There is no way Hatch will lose his primary.
He is an institution in Utah, and while the same was said of Bob Bennett (who was ousted in 2008 due to the Tea Party's renunciation of Bennett and his RINO big-government ways), four years will have passed when the 2012 election happens.
Hatch is no fool. He will bow and scrape and kiss rings and otherwise ingratiate himself to the Tea Party.
As a professional politician, Hatch has no honor. He has no sense of loyalty to anyone or anything other than himself.
IMHO, I think Hatch will say the things he needs to say to get reelected.
That's the way those people roll.
Senators up for Election in 2012
KBH will be gone next year. See ya later alligator! I am looking forward to voting for Tom Leppert to fill her shoes. Woot!
:confused: House members are up every 2 years.
No. Every six. But they stagger. That way we cant throw them all out at once.
B*stads.
Still would have rather had here than Perry as Governor, but I'm glad she'll be out of the Senate. Wonder who else is running besides Leppert.
Uh, no. House members are every two. Senate members are every six and staggered. Boehner is a House member. He's up for reelection next time around.
Lt. Governor David Dewhurst is running for US Senate from Texas.
Twice as man Dems. That's cool.
Claire also has that little tax problem involving her and her husbands private plane.Hadn't heard about that, what do you know ?
Lt. Governor David Dewhurst is running for US Senate from Texas.Ted Cruz (R) is also running & the Tea Party, Mark Levin & I love his ass.l
Hadn't heard about that, what do you know ?
On the republican side the Texas US Senate Race will come down to Leppert or Cruz V. Dewhurst. I think Dewhurst will edge either out. Cruz could run for Governor then.
I am hoping for Leppert for Senator. Cruz would be a great gubernatorial candidate.
I think so too.
I don't understand the hate towards Perry. Sure he has made some mistakes but overall has done good for the state. He is also the only Governor of Texas elected to 3 consecutive terms ,Perry is the longest continuously serving current U.S. governor, and the second longest serving current U.S. governor. Somebody must like him.
To put things in context Texas went 150+/- yrs with 1 term governors until Bush was re-elected to a 2nd consecutive term.
The Republicans need to gain 4 seats in the Senate to take nominal control of the Senate. They need to gain 8 seats to take effective control of the Senate they need a minimum of 17 seat gain to have control to actually pass meaningful legislation.
The first two are doable but 17 seat gain, sadly, is not going to happen.
Actually, they need 61 seats to pass things that won't be fillibustered, so they'd need a gain of 14 seats . . .
I am hoping for Leppert for Senator. Cruz would be a great gubernatorial candidate.
Jul. 31 runoff, Cruz/Dewhurst. PLEASE vote Cruz. He aint running for Gov.
Dewhurst is getting nasty, I think he's ready to implode.
If he wins the runoff I will happily vote for him. But from this Tea Partier's point of view, Dewherst has way too much "old boy" baggage. A few folks that have endorsed Cruz: Mark Levin, Demint, Palin, Rush & most importantly, me.
Dewhurst is trying his damndest to make it a establishment Republicans v. Tea party Republicans. I think if he keeps slinging the BS he is going to loose. If he looses he still has a chance at Governor. That is if he doesn't piss a majority of the people off in this senate run off.
If he wins the runoff I will happily vote for him. But from this Tea Partier's point of view, Dewherst has way too much "old boy" baggage. A few folks that have endorsed Cruz: Mark Levin, Demint, Palin, Rush & most importantly, me.
Yeah, I am going Cruz. Dewhurst is a pud.
Florida
Congressman Connie Mack, the likely challenger to Democratic Senator Bill Nelson currently leads by 43-36 according to Rasmussen’s poll of March 13, 2012. With Nelson so far under 50%, he is meat.
Nebraska
With Ben Nelson out of the way, this seat is a foregone conclusion for the Republicans. Jon Bruning, the front-runner among Republican candidates, leads former Senator Bob Kerry by 55-33 in Rasmussen’s March 15, 2012 survey.
Missouri
Sarah Steelman – my personal favorite among Republican contenders – is ahead of Claire McKaskill by an unbelievable 51-41 according to Rasmussen’s March 15th poll.
Montana
A tough race because both incumbent Democratic Senator Jon Tester and his challenger, Republican Congressman Denny Rehberg represent the entire state, the Republican has moved out to a 47-44 lead in Rasmussen’s February 22, 2012 poll.
North Dakota
An obvious Republican pickup now that Democratic Senator Kent Conrad has retired. I hope that Republican Duane Sand, a genuine conservative, wins his primary against Republican Congressman Rick Berg.
Wisconsin
While former Republican Governor Tommy Thompson faces a tough primary challenge from Mark Neumann, he still sports a 50-36 lead over Democratic Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin in Rasmussen’s Feb 27, 2012 poll.
Ohio
Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown, the most liberal member of that body, is trailing conservative Republican Josh Mandel by 44-40 in Rasmussen’s February 8, 2012 poll. Any incumbent Senator who can only amass 40% of the vote needs to look for a new job.
Beyond these seven seats, Rasmussen also puts three more takeaways within Republican grasp:
Virginia
Former Governors George Allen and Tim Kaine were tied at 46-46 in Rasmussen’s February 21 poll. The open seat – now held by the Democrats — is a very possible GOP takeaway.
New Mexico
After Democrat Jeff Bingaman’s retirement, the race between Republican Lt Governor Heather Wilson and Democratic Congressman Mark Heinrich is very tight. Heinrich nursed a 45-43 lead in Rasmussen’s February 14th survey.
Michigan
In my own poll of February 15, 2012, Democratic Senator Debbie Stabenow was clinging to a narrow 46-43 lead over former Republican Congressman Pete Hoekstra.
If the Republicans win these all – as I think they well might – they would end up with control of the Senate by 57-43, assuming they hold onto seats in Nevada, Massachusetts, and Maine.
A landslide!
This is Dick Morris's prediction a few months ago about Republican pickups:
Today is the day. Go Cruz Go!
Cruz is a slight favored. Going to be a tight one.
Is this the guy replacing Hutchison?
I know. I am a bit concerned about the press calling him a favorite at the moment. It might end up pushing Dewhurst supporters to the polls.
A Cruz Victory is billed as a major victory for the Tea party. I think Dewhurst lost a lot of supporters when he went way negative.
I look at it as with either one we can't lose but i'm pulling for Cruz.
After I saw the debate last week, there wasn't any question for me.I am pulling for you, and your candidate too !
I am pulling for you, and your candidate too !
Cruz has Chick-Fil-A at victory party (https://twitter.com/janecummins/status/230468649780117504)
Heh.
I'm sorry to say Bernie Sanders is in there until he dies. Not proud of it just a fact. :argh:I don't get that. He is a full on avowed socialist. How does he find so many socialists to vote for him ?
I don't get that. He is a full on avowed socialist. How does he find so many socialists to vote for him ?
The idiots in Ohio also reelected that moron Sharrod Brown to the Senate.
and the idiots in my current state -- Missouri -- actually put that tax cheat criminal Claire McCaskill back in her Senate seat.
Todd Akin, her dumbass Repuke opponent, insisted on continuing his campaign even after the party told him to pack it in. And this is the result.
McCaskill worships the ground Barry walks on. She's the liberal's liberal.
****, I'm pissed. :mad: