This is fantastic!

Wow, what great news! We're going to get several real progressives elected in the Senate next year and it's also looking great for the possible Democratic gain in the Senate.

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by: Progressive America @ Sat Nov 10, 2007 at 01:08:39 AM UTC

If true

TEH AWESOME!

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by: DavidNYC @ Sat Nov 10, 2007 at 01:34:13 AM UTC

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Thank God

Losing such a terrific pickup opportunity would have had us kicking ourselves for countless years to come. Tom Udall has helped us dodge a huge bullet.

I've gotta say, I'm feeling very good about NM, CO, NH, VA, MN, and KY (given Crit). If we get Begich in AK and a retirement in MS, I feel good about those too. A strong race in OR, and bam! 60 seats (with Lieberman, of course).

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by: JonMac @ Sat Nov 10, 2007 at 01:45:34 AM UTC

We could even go Lieber-proof . . .

. . . if a Dem wins the presidency and names Specter and/or Snowe to the cabinet.  May it happen!

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by: The Caped Composer @ Sat Nov 10, 2007 at 04:16:11 AM UTC

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I love the way you think (n/t)

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by: JonMac @ Sat Nov 10, 2007 at 08:05:38 AM UTC

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NC

Don't forget North Carolina.

I share your enthusiasm.

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by: hilltopper @ Sat Nov 10, 2007 at 05:19:47 AM UTC

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Don't forget

ME, or our strong challenge in TX!

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by: KainIIIC @ Sat Nov 10, 2007 at 05:37:09 AM UTC

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True

I admit that ME polling and Cornyn's warchest both scare me...but so did VA polling and Allen's polling. Noriega and Allen are terrific candidates.

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by: JonMac @ Sat Nov 10, 2007 at 07:48:25 AM UTC

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*Allen's warchest n/t

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by: JonMac @ Sat Nov 10, 2007 at 07:49:00 AM UTC

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hindsight re: George Allen

I was thinking about George Allen after the results rolled in from the Virginia State Assembly races.

If you think back a couple of years, George Allen was not only considered a shoe-in to be re-elected to his Senate seat. He was also - it's hard to remember this now - he also seemed likely to be the Republican consensus candidate for the Presidency. I was living in Indiana then, halfway across the country, and the Republican I knew best put an ALLEN 2008 bumper sticker on his car.

I think when Allen was toppled in Nov. 2006 it showed Virginia voters that Republican incumbents aren't inevitably going to be re-elected no matter how well-known they are or how many terms they've served. Even after a contested primary in the other party, George Allen lost his seat, didn't he?

I'm looking forward to testing this guess in the 2008 cycle.
Perhaps even if Tom Davis does run again for his Congressional seat, he isn't the inevitable winner. Especially since he gave his wife $400K to help her hold her state Senate seat, and she flushed it down the toilet of negative ads and personal attack... and lost.

Half the population believes our electoral system is broken. The other half believes it is fixed. Wakeuplaughing.com  

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by: Christopher Walker @ Sat Nov 10, 2007 at 13:20:32 PM UTC

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YES!!!

This is the best news I've heard all week, not only are we picking up another seat, we are doing it with a solid liberal vote!

One more time, YES!!!

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by: DGM @ Sat Nov 10, 2007 at 01:49:52 AM UTC

Udall

Another positive aspect is that we have several shots at picking up some NM House seats as well.  Now if we could only find some top-tier candidates for NC and KY we would be in good shape.

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by: Boston Raven @ Sat Nov 10, 2007 at 04:26:08 AM UTC