With all the recent concern about the Missouri US Senate race, here is the general overview of the national Battle for the Senate. The current Senate has 53 Democrats and 47 Republicans. Once you take look at this Real Clear Politics map you can see why every toss-up state matters. We must gain control of the Senate if we are to destroy ObamaCare and help Romney/Ryan get this nation back on her feet.
The margin of control is also important. If the GOP ends up getting just 51 seats, we’ve seen what can happen with RINOs in our midst, like Snowe, Specter and Collins. The problem, of course, is even with newbie Tea Party conservatives in place, we will still have to deal with people like Hatch, who will cut deals with Liberals every chance he gets. We must have a conservative margin that can withstand such shenanigans. The RCP map is based on their poll averages.
STATE REPUBLICAN/IND DEMOCRAT PROJECTED
Arizona undetermined undetermined Mod GOP Hold
California Elizabeth Emken Dianne Feinstein (inc) Solid DEM Hold
Connecticut Linda McMahon Chris Murphy Mod DEM Gain
Delaware undetermined Tom Caper (inc) Solid DEM Hold
Florida Connie Mark, IV Bill Nelson (inc) Weak DEM Hold
Hawaii Linda Lingle Mazie Hirono Strong DEM Hold
Indiana Richard Mourdock Joseph Donnelly Weak GOP Hold
Maine Charles Summers Cynthis Dill Solid IND Gain
Maryland Daniel Bongino Ben Cardin (inc) Solid DEM Hold
Mass Scott Brown (inc) Elizabeth Warren Weak GOP Hold
Michigan Peter Hoekstra Debbie Stabenow (inc) Mod DEM Hold
Minnesota Kurt Bills Amy Klobucher (inc) Solid DEM Hold
Mississippi Roger Wicker (inc) Albert N. Gore Solid GOP Hold
Missouri Todd Akin Claire McCaskill (inc) Mod GOP Gain
Montana Denny Rehberg Jon Tester (inc) Weak GOP Gain
Nebraska Debra Fischer Bob Kerrey Solid GOP Gain
Nevada Dean Heller (inc) Shelley Berkley Mod GOP Hold
New Jersey Joseph Kyrillos Robert Menendez (inc) Strong DEM Hold
New Mexico Heather Wilson Martin Heinrich Mod DEM Hold
New York undetermined Kirsten Gillibrand (inc) Solid DEM Hold
N. Dakota Rick Berg Heidi Heikamp Mod GOP Gain
Ohio Josh Mandel Sherrod Brown (inc) Strong DEM Hold
Penn Tom Smith Robert Casey (inc) Strong DEM Hold
Rhode Island undetermined Sheldon Whitehouse (inc) Solid DEM Hold
Tennessee Bob Corker (inc) Mark Clayton Solid GOP Hold
Texas Ted Cruz Paul Sadler Solid GOP Hold
Utah Orrin Hatch (inc) Scott Howell Solid GOP Hold
Vermont undetermined Bernie Sanders (inc) Solid IND Hold
Virginia George Allen Timothy Kaine Weak DEM Hold
Washington Michael Baumgartner Maria Cantwell (inc) Strong DEM Hold
W. Virginia John Raese Joe Manchin (inc) Strong DEM Hold
Wisconsin Tommy Thompson Tammy Baldwin Mod GOP Gain
Wyoming John Barrasso (inc) undetermined Solid GOP Hold
(statistics from http://www.electionprojection.com/2012elections/senate12.php)
Projected change 8/22/2012: Democrats 47 Republicans 51
Senator John Cornyn(R-TX) the Chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee had better get off his a** , get serious money, technical/organizational support and surrogates from sitting Republican Senators into the ‘toss up states’ right now or else the failure to win a majority in the U.S.Senate will be, like it or not, his problem. Big Time. And mark my words, he’ll be history in Texas next election cycle since Ted Cruz has blazed the Conservative trail here.
posted 8/22 730pm Texas[Cruz Country!]Time
Off-topic. Link is to story about FBI investigation into political unreported finances in Miami involving a political friend of Rubio. Commenter suggests that this is prime reason why Rubio wasn’t selected for VP.
http://www.nationalreview.com/the-feed/314756/miami-vice-fbi-investigating-republican-david-rivera-helping-democrat
NYers must vote for WENDY LONG for senate!!