http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2008/03/28/gop-senate-woes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gop-senate-woes n. the principle of good order<br /><br /> "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:25:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2008/03/28/gop-senate-woes/comment-page-1/#comment-9821 Eunomia » Not All Obamacons Are This Obnoxious Sat, 29 Mar 2008 21:39:10 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/03/28/gop-senate-woes/#comment-9821 [...] Now it takes an especially obtuse reader to conclude from these posts that I think that the Republicans have even a remote chance of retaking either house of Congress this year.  I said nothing of the kind.  I have been saying for almost a year that Republican chances in House and Senate races were terrible, and nothing I said in these posts contradicts that.  I did say that the Colorado Senate race appears competitve, because it does appear competitive, as does Minnesota at the present time.  But when all is said and done, I assume the GOP will lose five or six seats  in the Senate, regardless of McCain’s possible coattails, but no one credible seriously claims that Kentucky is likely to be one of them.  In the House I have explicitly said that I think that there are at least 40+ seats that could realistically be captured by the Democrats this year, and that seems right.  If NM-02, a pretty reliably Republican seat, is really up for grabs, the Democrats could significantly increase their majority.  As for the rest of the silly criticism in the post, the author might want to be careful what he wishes for.   [...] [...] Now it takes an especially obtuse reader to conclude from these posts that I think that the Republicans have even a remote chance of retaking either house of Congress this year.  I said nothing of the kind.  I have been saying for almost a year that Republican chances in House and Senate races were terrible, and nothing I said in these posts contradicts that.  I did say that the Colorado Senate race appears competitve, because it does appear competitive, as does Minnesota at the present time.  But when all is said and done, I assume the GOP will lose five or six seats  in the Senate, regardless of McCain’s possible coattails, but no one credible seriously claims that Kentucky is likely to be one of them.  In the House I have explicitly said that I think that there are at least 40+ seats that could realistically be captured by the Democrats this year, and that seems right.  If NM-02, a pretty reliably Republican seat, is really up for grabs, the Democrats could significantly increase their majority.  As for the rest of the silly criticism in the post, the author might want to be careful what he wishes for.   [...]

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