Democrats Hoping For 60 Senate Seats
So the outlook of the vulnerable American politician is apparently that if you are a Senate Democrat up for re-election this year...you may not be that vulnerable; one analyst quoted in the article sees no Senate elections that are potential "toss-ups" or losses for the 12 incumbent Democrats who are up for re-election. Meanwhile the Republicans have several of vulnerable incumbents of the 23 (!) seats, including vacated/retired candidates, that they are defending this fall. 60 may be an unlikely goal but it appears to be within reach.
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The Presidential Coat Tails -
They'll pull you up as quickly as they'll drag you down.
I think the numbers aspect of it is much more interesting than that - the Republicans have ended up with twice as many seats to defend in a Senate that is, what, 51-49? That's tough (and I feel very badly for them, of course), that's almost half their Senators. The other thing that rotation means is that there are about 40 Democrats who would have to be up for re-election in either '10 or '12 and this current situation could be reversed.
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