SENATE
DEMOCRATS FORCED TO DEFEND MORE SEATS
A recent USA Today poll found that those opposed to ObamaCare were more
enthusiastic about voting this November. In addition, a recent AP poll
found that, since Obama's reelection, there was been a 10-point swing
towards Republicans in voter self-identification. Today, 41% of voters
consider themselves Democrat or Democrat-leaning, while 39% now say
they are Republicans. Democrats had a 12-point advantage at the end of
2012.
Verily
I say unto you; what good to win the Senate but lose our soul by
electing RINO?
The Republicans need to pick up 6 seats to take control of the Senate.
The party appears half-way there, with almost certain wins in West
Virginia and South Dakota and a big advantage in Montana. Until recent
months, most observers assumed that control of the Senate would rest on
four deeply-red states; i.e. Alaska, Arkansas, Louisiana and North
Carolina. Under that scenario, the GOP would need to win three of those
four contests to take the majority.
In recent weeks, however,
the Senate battleground has expanded at the
expense of the Democrats. Democrat retirements in Iowa and Michigan
have made those states very competitive. A recent poll in New
Hampshire, which is home to many transplants from Massachusetts, put
former GOP MA Sen. Scott Brown just six points behind incumbent Dem.
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen. In Colorado, popular GOP Rep. Cory Gardiner is
challenging freshman Dem. Mark Udall in the swing state.
The Democrat party is on the defensive in Colorado after two Democrat
state Senators were ousted in recall elections last year as a result of
their push for gun control. A third Democrat state Senator facing
recall resigned, as her ouster would have given Republicans control of
the state Senate.
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