Comments on: Feasibility http://www.aggressivelyuninformed.com/2009/01/26/feasibility/ Deep thoughts and cheap shots Sun, 08 Aug 2010 00:45:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jon P http://www.aggressivelyuninformed.com/2009/01/26/feasibility/comment-page-1/#comment-385 Jon P Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:25:07 +0000 http://www.aggressivelyuninformed.com/?p=310#comment-385 To emphasize how absurd this is as a possibility it means that Republicans (a) pick off the pseudo-incumbents Bennett (CO), Burris (IL), and Gillibrand (NY) (b) steal the DE open seat which will likely be against Beau Biden. (c) preserve the seats of Bunning (KY), Burr (NC), Murkowski (AK), and Thune (SD) all of whom won by less than 5% in 2004 (d) hold onto Vitter (LA) (e) not shoot themselves in the foot with Specter (PA) (f) win the currently-Republican open seats in the swing states of FL, MO, and OH as well as KS. (g) defeat favorite targets Boxer (CA), Feingold (WI), and Reid (NV) (h) get Lieberman (CT) on their side (i) have Coleman magically win his election challenge or force and win a re-vote ALL OF THAT gets the Republicans to 50. Ignoring the dead-boy-live-girl-level safe seats in CT, HI, MD, NY-Schumer, OR, and VT, the only seats left where they could get to 51 are three beloved Democrats in conservative states Bayh (IN), Dorgan (ND) and Lincoln (AR); or Murray (WA) who won by 12 points in 2004. Although I almost wish Reid loses so we can get a SML who doesn't suck balls. To emphasize how absurd this is as a possibility it means that Republicans
(a) pick off the pseudo-incumbents Bennett (CO), Burris (IL), and Gillibrand (NY)
(b) steal the DE open seat which will likely be against Beau Biden.
(c) preserve the seats of Bunning (KY), Burr (NC), Murkowski (AK), and Thune (SD) all of whom won by less than 5% in 2004
(d) hold onto Vitter (LA)
(e) not shoot themselves in the foot with Specter (PA)
(f) win the currently-Republican open seats in the swing states of FL, MO, and OH as well as KS.
(g) defeat favorite targets Boxer (CA), Feingold (WI), and Reid (NV)
(h) get Lieberman (CT) on their side
(i) have Coleman magically win his election challenge or force and win a re-vote
ALL OF THAT gets the Republicans to 50. Ignoring the dead-boy-live-girl-level safe seats in CT, HI, MD, NY-Schumer, OR, and VT, the only seats left where they could get to 51 are three beloved Democrats in conservative states Bayh (IN), Dorgan (ND) and Lincoln (AR); or Murray (WA) who won by 12 points in 2004.

Although I almost wish Reid loses so we can get a SML who doesn’t suck balls.

]]>