Conventional wisdom, or phrased another way, media infoganda, would have us believe that Republicans will have a smooth sail to take over the Senate in less than three weeks Even though the following article does not quite challenge that notion, and it does point out some likely areas of contention, it’s really much closer than that.
The race for Senate control is very close and there’s a significant chance that Americans won’t know on election night which party controls the Senate.
It may even remain an open question until after the next Congress convenes on Jan. 3, 2015.
That uncertainty could spark chaos in the lame-duck session and hit pause on Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) plans to redecorate the majority leader’s ornate suite.
Forecasters roundly give Republicans an edge to win the net six seats they need to claim the Senate majority. The New York Times sees a one-third chance that the race will end in a 50-50 tie or be decided by a one-seat margin.
Here are four plausible scenarios that could push the Senate fight into overtime.
1. Likely runoff in Louisiana
Bill Cassidy (R) holds a steady lead over Sen. Mary Laudrieu (D), but neither candidate is expected to cross the 50 percent threshold required by Louisiana’s "jungle primary" rules to claim victory on election night. Tea party candidate Rob Maness and two other candidates on the Nov. 4 ballot are collectively pulling 18 percent, according to the TPM PollTracker average.
If neither candidate wins an outright majority on the main ballot, a runoff election between the top two will take place on Dec. 6…
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This is just one race where a runoff is likely. Click through for three more and for a list of close races.
Rachel Maddow, on the other hand, thinks it’s a dead heat.
If you can’t see here, here’s the direct link to it at MSNBC. It that does not work, it’s also on YouTube, but it may not be for long.
Rachel made two, key points. The first is that Republicans are bending over backward to try to steal this election. The second…
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"Republicans are bending over backward to try to steal this election." Some are bending over forwards to – um – "earn" more money with which to steal the election. All together now: GET OUT THE VOTE!!!!
Vote! Don't let the Kochs gain control of both Houses on the Hill. That would be a real nightmare for the American people.
You are all correct – don't let the Repugs get control of the Senate – GET OUT THE VOTE!
You might think that the Koch brothers conflicting information sent out to voters (including some to someone's cat – but then horribly to someone's deceased young daughter) would get people thinking – if someone tries to bamboozle me I try and think harder as to what's behind it – I hope the voters in these places do too.
We can’t let the Tealiban rule this country! They have made such a mess of this country’s government in the last 4 years and more! We are the laughing stock of the rest of the world for our completely inept way that we do business. Don’t we know that yet? The rest of the world has a field day when we fight amongst ourselves!! And the RepubilcanT’s are getting wound up to do it AGAIN!!!
We have to GET OUT AND VOTE!! If you know someone that doesn’t have a ride, give them a ride. Make sure that all your family votes! We cant take this sitting down!!!!
We know from the Bush/Gore election that the Republicans don't mind dirty tricks. Ihope the voter turn out is high enough that there won't be a lot of run off elections. Alison is still going back and forth from 2 points ahead. of Mitch to 2 points behind, but she hurt herself when she refused to answer if she vote for Obama in 2008. MItch is very effectively using this against her, as we knew he would.
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The Gore/Bush debacle in 2000 was the biggest and most obvious election theft of which I know. I have wondered what the US would have looked like had Bush not won officially. I say it that way because I have always thought from the get-go that there wasa fraud perpetrated and that Gore should have won. I wonder would there have been an Iraq war or a war in Afghanistan? Would the financial meltdown have happened? What other things would have likely turned out differently?
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I don't know how closely you were watvhing, but Republican Congressional ataff were in Florida, physically assaulting poll workers, who were trying to recount the ballots, in order to delay the process long enough for their Uncle SCROTUS to jump in and steal it.