Bold predictions for 2014

[Negusa Nagast 🚀]

Scott Brown steps aside, and in 2014 William Weld wins Kerry's seat in MA.

A man who will have been out of office for 16 years is going to successfully pick up a Senate seat in a state that has only gotten more Democratic since he left office?

[Roemerista]

Scott Brown steps aside, and in 2014 William Weld wins Kerry's seat in MA.

A man who will have been out of office for 16 years is going to successfully pick up a Senate seat in a state that has only gotten more Democratic since he left office?

And in a race for an office he failed to win at the height of his popularity.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Scott Brown steps aside, and in 2014 William Weld wins Kerry's seat in MA.

A man who will have been out of office for 16 years is going to successfully pick up a Senate seat in a state that has only gotten more Democratic since he left office?

And in a race for an office he failed to win at the height of his popularity.

And in a state in which he no longer lives.

I'm going to go ahead and concur with a previous poster: Herman Cain is going to end up in office. Hopefully via taking out the atrocity that is Saxby Chambliss.

Man, I hope so. Cain is wonderfully entertaining. Chambliss sickens me.

[Roemerista]

In January he will be officially a citizen of Boston.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

In January he will be officially a citizen of Boston.

He will? I wasn't aware of this.

By the way, I don't know if it was intentional, but excellent use of the phrase 'citizen of Boston'.

[wdolson]

I believe the results in 2014 are going to be dependent on what the Republicans do in the next 2 years.  I think the obstructionism in Congress is wearing thin with the public.  I also think the Republicans are in for something of a civil war within the party.  There are some very divergent views in the party.

One faction believes they lost because their candidates were not conservative enough, while others believe the party has lost touch with what the public wants.  Those two are on a collision course. 

If the wing that believes the party is not pure enough ideologically, they will put up a lot of extreme conservatives, many challenging incumbents in the primaries and if they win the primaries, many will lose to moderate Democrats in the general.

On the wing which believes the party needs to moderate its message wins out, they might attain something of a status quo or a slight gain in 2014.

I suspect the purists will win though, which could mean a major loss for the Republicans in 2014 and Nancy Pelosi will be Speaker again.

I think Scott Walker will be gone regardless of what happens.  I recall seeing some exit polls from the recall election.  There were quite a few people who voted to keep Scott Walker because they did not believe a recall was the correct thing to do.  Many of these people planned to not vote for Walker when he came up for re-election.

I also think the Republican governors of the other states Obama won will either win re-election by a small margin or will be voted out.

As has been mentioned elsewhere in this thread, incumbent governors rarely lose re-election, so a fair number will probably be re-elected.  However, the times we're in now are  unpredictable, at least 2 years in the future.  It's been 160 years since the last time the country was this divided and the last time the two factions were shooting at one another.

[Knives]

Republicans lose Texas Senate seat.

[User157088589849]

Democrats fail to turnup again in a midterm election creating a massacre

Republicans gain
West Virginia (reitrement)
Alaska
Louisiana
South Dakota (retirement)
Montana
Arkansas
North Carolina
Minnesota
Iowa

Republicans take the senate and the house. Collins goes against her word again and refuses to retire. Republicans lose no seats.

Democrats stunned by results due to low turnout have created a lamduck session from now till 2016. The Obama presidency is over as he yet again refused to campaign for democrats and tried to act presidential.

Democrats turn on Obama as people claim he has forgotten he is a democrat.

Harry Reid resigns replaced by Chuck Schumer as Majority leader.

[Holmes]

Why would Chuck Schumer be Majority Leader in a Republican senate...?

[Vern]

The senate will gain 3 to 5 more women. Also, we will gain 2 more women Governors.

[Del Tachi]

Senator Thad Cochran retires in 2014.  The ensuing Senate election in Mississippi is decided by less than 5 points. 

[opebo]

Democrats fail to turnup again in a midterm election creating a massacre

Republicans gain
West Virginia (reitrement)
Alaska
Louisiana
South Dakota (retirement)
Montana
Arkansas
North Carolina
Minnesota
Iowa

Bold prediction, yes, but the underlined don't fit.

The senate will gain 3 to 5 more women. Also, we will gain 2 more women Governors.

More women?  So you actually predict a Democrat gain in 2014?  Now that's bold.

[Miles]

I had a dream a few nights ago where Mary Landrieu was reelected with 53.7%.

'Would be nice.

[Bacon King]

le bump

[retromike22]

Democrats fail to turnup again in a midterm election creating a massacre

Republicans gain
West Virginia (reitrement)
Alaska
Louisiana
South Dakota (retirement)
Montana
Arkansas
North Carolina
Minnesota
Iowa

Republicans take the senate and the house. Collins goes against her word again and refuses to retire. Republicans lose no seats.

Democrats stunned by results due to low turnout have created a lamduck session from now till 2016. The Obama presidency is over as he yet again refused to campaign for democrats and tried to act presidential.

Democrats turn on Obama as people claim he has forgotten he is a democrat.

Harry Reid resigns replaced by Chuck Schumer as Majority leader.

Nostradamus!

[Bacon King]

Republicans pick up 9 senate seats for a commanding 54-46 majority; West Virginia, Arkansas, Iowa, South Dakota, Alaska, Louisiana, Montana, North Carolina, and New Hampshire.

this guy right here

[Maxwell]

Doomleyrand is very correct. Almost spookily so.

[Brewer]

Why are some of you giving the WV seat to the GOP? That state doesn't send republicans to the Senate and they proved that again after Byrd died.

WV is likely or safe Democratic no matter who the nominee for the Democrats is. However, it could be a tossup if Capito finally goes for it.

[IceSpear]

Why are some of you giving the WV seat to the GOP? That state doesn't send republicans to the Senate and they proved that again after Byrd died.

WV is likely or safe Democratic no matter who the nominee for the Democrats is. However, it could be a tossup if Capito finally goes for it.

LOL Dem hack Snowstalker.

[Bacon King]

Scott Brown steps aside, and in 2014 William Weld wins Kerry's seat in MA.

This guy was actually half right. Scott Brown stepped so far aside that he crossed the state line

[Ebsy]

Scott Brown steps aside, and in 2014 William Weld wins Kerry's seat in MA.

This guy was actually half right. Scott Brown stepped so far aside that he crossed the state line

I suspect Scott Brown's electoral career is permanently over.

[Bacon King]

Scott Brown steps aside, and in 2014 William Weld wins Kerry's seat in MA.

This guy was actually half right. Scott Brown stepped so far aside that he crossed the state line

I suspect Scott Brown's electoral career is permanently over.

If my calculations are correct, his northern trajectory will continue and by 2020 we will see him as a candidate for Canadian Prime Minister

[SWE]

Doomleyrand is very correct. Almost spookily so.

Not really. His governor predictions overestimated the Democrats