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« on: January 18, 2011, 09:41:52 AM »
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/senate/kent-conrad-to-retire.html
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« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2011, 09:56:37 AM »
R +1
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« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2011, 10:02:40 AM »
Democrats might as well kiss the Senate goodbye at this point.
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« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2011, 10:10:14 AM »
Dammit. There goes a seat.
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« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2011, 10:32:44 AM »
Drats. Certainly the GOP won't have anyone as strong as Hoeven, and the anti-Democratic climate won't be as bad as 2010, but the seat is lost.
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« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2011, 10:37:33 AM »
That's R+2 in the Senate at the moment assuming that Nelson(D-NE) is gone ether way.
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« Reply #6 on: January 18, 2011, 10:53:27 AM »
Quote from: Kevin on January 18, 2011, 10:37:33 AM
That's R+2 in the Senate at the moment assuming that Nelson(D-NE) is gone ether way.

I'm putting Ben Nelson at 90% gone until there's some fresh polling showing him in Blanche Lincoln or Chris Dodd territory, at which point he's 99.9% gone.
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« Reply #7 on: January 18, 2011, 11:04:07 AM »
Quote from: JohnnyLongtorso on January 18, 2011, 10:02:40 AM
Democrats might as well kiss the Senate goodbye at this point.

Pretty much.
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« Reply #8 on: January 18, 2011, 11:05:41 AM »
Well, there goes the Senate.
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« Reply #9 on: January 18, 2011, 11:06:47 AM »
If Obama wins reelection, we're going to see exactly how broken our judicial nomination system really is.
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« Reply #10 on: January 18, 2011, 11:07:38 AM »
Quote from: brittain33 on January 18, 2011, 11:06:47 AM
If Obama wins reelection, we're going to see exactly how broken our judicial nomination system really is.
We've already seen it the last 2 years.
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« Reply #11 on: January 18, 2011, 11:20:20 AM »
Quote from: Capitan Zapp Brannigan on January 18, 2011, 11:07:38 AM
Quote from: brittain33 on January 18, 2011, 11:06:47 AM
If Obama wins reelection, we're going to see exactly how broken our judicial nomination system really is.
We've already seen it the last 2 years.

Because Obama got both his Supreme Court nominees confirmed, with Republican votes?
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« Reply #12 on: January 18, 2011, 11:21:12 AM »
Yay. I assume this will be a Republican pick-up.

It seems like the Dakotas are returning to their political home.
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« Reply #13 on: January 18, 2011, 11:23:36 AM »
Quote from: Mjh on January 18, 2011, 11:20:20 AM
Quote from: Capitan Zapp Brannigan on January 18, 2011, 11:07:38 AM
Quote from: brittain33 on January 18, 2011, 11:06:47 AM
If Obama wins reelection, we're going to see exactly how broken our judicial nomination system really is.
We've already seen it the last 2 years.

Because Obama got both his Supreme Court nominees confirmed, with Republican votes?
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« Reply #14 on: January 18, 2011, 11:23:43 AM »
It is unfortunate, though. Conrad is one of the few senators that actually cares about things such as fiscal discipline.
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« Reply #15 on: January 18, 2011, 11:24:25 AM »
Quote from: Mjh on January 18, 2011, 11:20:20 AM
Quote from: Capitan Zapp Brannigan on January 18, 2011, 11:07:38 AM
Quote from: brittain33 on January 18, 2011, 11:06:47 AM
If Obama wins reelection, we're going to see exactly how broken our judicial nomination system really is.
We've already seen it the last 2 years.

Because Obama got both his Supreme Court nominees confirmed, with Republican votes?

He got fewer lower court appointees approved with a Democratic Senate than Bush did in his first two years in a Senate that flipped from GOP to Democratic. He got fewer nominees appointed in two years than any president since Nixon. Now, imagine if Republicans faced pressures from their base to not allow any presidential nominee to get a vote other than the most moderate or some tokens. It's going to be ugly.
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« Reply #16 on: January 18, 2011, 11:38:53 AM »
Quote from: Franzl on January 18, 2011, 11:23:43 AM
It is unfortunate, though. Conrad is one of the few senators that actually cares about things such as fiscal discipline.

No he didn't. Otherwise he wouldn't have voted twice for the Bush tax cuts.
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« Reply #17 on: January 18, 2011, 11:40:52 AM »
earl pomeroy is the only one who could make the race competitive... and he'd probably lose anyways...
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« Reply #18 on: January 18, 2011, 11:43:53 AM »
Awesomeeeee
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« Reply #19 on: January 18, 2011, 11:44:17 AM »
Quote from: JulioMadrid on January 18, 2011, 11:40:52 AM
earl pomeroy is the only one who could make the race competitive... and he'd probably lose anyways...

He was recently quoted saying he wouldn't run for office again. Maybe he'll change his mind, but not likely.
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« Reply #20 on: January 18, 2011, 11:45:25 AM »
Quote from: brittain33 on January 18, 2011, 11:44:17 AM
Quote from: JulioMadrid on January 18, 2011, 11:40:52 AM
earl pomeroy is the only one who could make the race competitive... and he'd probably lose anyways...

He was recently quoted saying he wouldn't run for office again. Maybe he'll change his mind, but not likely.

There is also the former AG, Heidi Heitkamp.
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« Reply #21 on: January 18, 2011, 11:48:31 AM »
Before Republicans start counting chickens, let's at least see how the race shapes up. This things can turn out surprising. If Heidi Heitkamp gets in, she can actually make it a race.
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« Reply #22 on: January 18, 2011, 12:02:40 PM »
Quote from: Estes Kefauver on January 18, 2011, 11:48:31 AM
Before Republicans start counting chickens, let's at least see how the race shapes up. This things can turn out surprising. If Heidi Heitkamp gets in, she can actually make it a race.

I agree, this is not a good thing for the Dems but it's too early to say the seat is gone. Likely is, though.
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« Reply #23 on: January 18, 2011, 12:12:54 PM »
Hopefully Ginsburg sees the writing on the wall and retires sometime before the next election.
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« Reply #24 on: January 18, 2011, 01:18:42 PM »
Quote from: Paul Tsonagus on January 18, 2011, 01:11:48 PM
Assuming Obama is going to win reelection... Was there any instance in U.S. history when one party won a presidential election and lost a control over the Senate at one time?
That happened in 1824, 1832, and sorta-kinda in 2000.
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