Senate Elections - 2004

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Lamar Alexander raised taxes> Or is that someone else?

If Thune runs, Daschle is definitely vulnerable. I'll be satisfied if the just get the srch-traitor Pattie Murray, to whom Bin Laden id a humanitarian friend of the people and America is an imperialist demon.

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Read this and weep.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/100835_murray20.shtml

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You know the last name hurts him, right? Oh well. At least he can run as a tugh on terror, what with that gunfight with the IRA and the defection of the nuclear sub. And he wasn't half bad as POTUS, either, was he?

[M]

Do not discount the possibility of a landslide. If Dean is the dem nominee, Bush continues to excel in the field of national security, and Dean forces the debate to remain in the national security sector, Bush could win 55%+ of the national vote and 45+ states. In that situation, almost anything is possible. The GOP may even gain enough seats to effectively block filibusters. Then the courts get very interesting....

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Not if he is replaced by a good guy, preferably (please, please, please!) by JC Watts. I think a young but very popular (not likely to be voted out barring wierdness) senator can be worth more than an older one- not as much danger of him retiring or dying, still vigorous, and has the confidence to hold to his beliefs, a la Burke.

That is why it is such an incredible achievement that the GOP replaced Strom, Jesse, Phil Gramm, and Fred Thompson so seamlessly.

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I thought it was two. Regardless, he was very powerful, and he was leaving politics. The Dems misssed a perfect opportunity to seize at least one open Southern seat. As it stands now, with the national dem party so liberal they run the risk of being utterly locked out of Dixie, creating a new solid south (see thread).

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In a landslide, anything is possible.