Huge upset in NY! Republican wins 3-1 Dem district!

outdoor338 wrote: agreed wayne, this guy better do something...or he should be out. I am tired of dems and repubs being all talk and do nothings! :thumbsup:

Its when they actually do something that I get nervous...

I would love to see them do something, I agree "when they do something" look out..be very scared, be very scared..

WayneLeeH wrote: Congrats to the winner. The only problem I see with Repubs winning seats is they will be forced to actually DO something to fix the economy, not just complain from the sidelines.

Personally, I'm glad this is happening, as far as the economic situation. It will be interesting to see if the Repubs can improve the economy and actually shrink big government or if it's just all hot air.

Obama is expected to lose if the economy doesn't turn around. But shouldn't Republican Congressmen elected in 2010 also find their seats vulnerable? I know it can take more than a couple years to turn around an economy, but the general public may not know that.

SS109 wrote:

WayneLeeH wrote: Congrats to the winner. The only problem I see with Repubs winning seats is they will be forced to actually DO something to fix the economy, not just complain from the sidelines.

Personally, I'm glad this is happening, as far as the economic situation. It will be interesting to see if the Repubs can improve the economy and actually shrink big government or if it's just all hot air.

Obama is expected to lose if the economy doesn't turn around. But shouldn't Republican Congressmen elected in 2010 also find their seats vulnerable? I know it can take more than a couple years to turn around an economy, but the general public may not know that.

Well, since they have tried passing bills but they all get held up in the Democratic controlled Senate and Reid won't even allow a vote on most of them, I think they are OK. In fact they can sell the point that they need control of the Senate too, to make things work.

Not lookin too good for the senate these days.....

It is only 24 more months until we get another cut at the Senate and the good news is that with twenty-one Democrats and two Independents defending their seats, along with ten Republicans.

Here are the Democrats up in 2012:

Daniel Akaka, Hawaii

Jeff Bingaman, New Mexico. How’s that border, Senator?

Sherrod Brown, Ohio. Ohio’s looking pretty red these days

Joe Manchin, West Virginia. Aw, I just got here.

Maria Cantwell, Washington

Benjamin Cardin, Maryland

Thomas Carper, Delaware. Win one for Christine

Robert Casey, Jr., Pennsylvania

Kent Conrad, North Dakota

Diane Feinstein, California

Kirsten Gillibrand, New York. We’re baaack. If we can just keep Al D’Amato from stabbing us in the back we might put up a decent candidate to beat an easy target

Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota. How does Senator Michelle Bachmann sound?

Herb Kohl, Wisconsin. As goes Feingold, so goes Kohl?

Claire McCaskill, Missouri

Robert Menendez, New Jersey. Chris Christie country may be ready for a change

Ben Nelson, Nebraska. Best known for the Cornhusker kickback to buy his vote on ObamaCare

Bill Nelson, Florida. Does Marco Rubio have a brother or a sister?

Debbie Stabenow, Michigan. Can we trade her for General Motors?

Jon Tester, Montana

Jim Webb, Virginia. He may be the last trace of blue in the state

Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island

We may not be in the majority, but all we need to do on most legislation is to bring over two, three or four of these folks to pass bills. They may want to have a whiff of bipartisanship on their resume when they face the voters.

Here are the two independents:

Joseph Lieberman, Connecticut. Except for Isreal and National Security, you are still rather blue

Bernard Sanders, Socialist. Seriously, a Socialist. Can we stop saying that the left doesn’t believe in socialism?

Here are the Republican seats we will need to defend:

Scott Brown, Massachusetts
John Barrasso, Wyoming
Bob Corker, Tennessee
John Ensign, Nevada
Orrin Hatch, Utah
Kay Bailey Hutchison, Texas
Jon Kyl, Arizona
Richard Lugar, Indiana

Olympia Snowe, Maine. Is there a Tea Party in Maine. Can someone give them a wakeup call, please?

Roger Wicker, Mississippi

They all look like pretty solid red states and we should be able to hold them.

BearMtnHIB wrote: Not lookin too good for the senate these days.....

It is only 24 more months until we get another cut at the Senate and the good news is that with twenty-one Democrats and two Independents defending their seats, along with ten Republicans.

Here are the Democrats up in 2012:

Daniel Akaka, Hawaii

Jeff Bingaman, New Mexico. How’s that border, Senator?

Sherrod Brown, Ohio. Ohio’s looking pretty red these days

Joe Manchin, West Virginia. Aw, I just got here.

Maria Cantwell, Washington

Benjamin Cardin, Maryland

Thomas Carper, Delaware. Win one for Christine

Robert Casey, Jr., Pennsylvania

Kent Conrad, North Dakota

Diane Feinstein, California

Kirsten Gillibrand, New York. We’re baaack. If we can just keep Al D’Amato from stabbing us in the back we might put up a decent candidate to beat an easy target

Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota. How does Senator Michelle Bachmann sound?

Herb Kohl, Wisconsin. As goes Feingold, so goes Kohl?

Claire McCaskill, Missouri

Robert Menendez, New Jersey. Chris Christie country may be ready for a change

Ben Nelson, Nebraska. Best known for the Cornhusker kickback to buy his vote on ObamaCare

Bill Nelson, Florida. Does Marco Rubio have a brother or a sister?

Debbie Stabenow, Michigan. Can we trade her for General Motors?

Jon Tester, Montana

Jim Webb, Virginia. He may be the last trace of blue in the state

Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island

We may not be in the majority, but all we need to do on most legislation is to bring over two, three or four of these folks to pass bills. They may want to have a whiff of bipartisanship on their resume when they face the voters.

Here are the two independents:

Joseph Lieberman, Connecticut. Except for Isreal and National Security, you are still rather blue

Bernard Sanders, Socialist. Seriously, a Socialist. Can we stop saying that the left doesn’t believe in socialism?

Here are the Republican seats we will need to defend:

Scott Brown, Massachusetts
John Barrasso, Wyoming
Bob Corker, Tennessee
John Ensign, Nevada
Orrin Hatch, Utah
Kay Bailey Hutchison, Texas
Jon Kyl, Arizona
Richard Lugar, Indiana

Olympia Snowe, Maine. Is there a Tea Party in Maine. Can someone give them a wakeup call, please?

Roger Wicker, Mississippi

They all look like pretty solid red states and we should be able to hold them.

They are predicting a gain for the Republicans of at least 5 seats. They are pretty much locked up. And there could be gains up to 9 or 10 seats. Unless the unemployment drops below 8% by the election.

The Viking wrote:

BearMtnHIB wrote: Not lookin too good for the senate these days.....

It is only 24 more months until we get another cut at the Senate and the good news is that with twenty-one Democrats and two Independents defending their seats, along with ten Republicans.

Here are the Democrats up in 2012:

Daniel Akaka, Hawaii

Jeff Bingaman, New Mexico. How’s that border, Senator?

Sherrod Brown, Ohio. Ohio’s looking pretty red these days

Joe Manchin, West Virginia. Aw, I just got here.

Maria Cantwell, Washington

Benjamin Cardin, Maryland

Thomas Carper, Delaware. Win one for Christine

Robert Casey, Jr., Pennsylvania

Kent Conrad, North Dakota

Diane Feinstein, California

Kirsten Gillibrand, New York. We’re baaack. If we can just keep Al D’Amato from stabbing us in the back we might put up a decent candidate to beat an easy target

Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota. How does Senator Michelle Bachmann sound?

Herb Kohl, Wisconsin. As goes Feingold, so goes Kohl?

Claire McCaskill, Missouri

Robert Menendez, New Jersey. Chris Christie country may be ready for a change

Ben Nelson, Nebraska. Best known for the Cornhusker kickback to buy his vote on ObamaCare

Bill Nelson, Florida. Does Marco Rubio have a brother or a sister?

Debbie Stabenow, Michigan. Can we trade her for General Motors?

Jon Tester, Montana

Jim Webb, Virginia. He may be the last trace of blue in the state

Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island

We may not be in the majority, but all we need to do on most legislation is to bring over two, three or four of these folks to pass bills. They may want to have a whiff of bipartisanship on their resume when they face the voters.

Here are the two independents:

Joseph Lieberman, Connecticut. Except for Isreal and National Security, you are still rather blue

Bernard Sanders, Socialist. Seriously, a Socialist. Can we stop saying that the left doesn’t believe in socialism?

Here are the Republican seats we will need to defend:

Scott Brown, Massachusetts
John Barrasso, Wyoming
Bob Corker, Tennessee
John Ensign, Nevada
Orrin Hatch, Utah
Kay Bailey Hutchison, Texas
Jon Kyl, Arizona
Richard Lugar, Indiana

Olympia Snowe, Maine. Is there a Tea Party in Maine. Can someone give them a wakeup call, please?

Roger Wicker, Mississippi

They all look like pretty solid red states and we should be able to hold them.

Unless the unemployment drops below 8% by the election.

And when pigs fly....