Roughly 1/3 of Senate seats are up for re-election in November. Democrats are optimistic about their chances of winning control of the House, but their math in the Senate is tougher. Republicans hold 53 seats, and Democrats hold 47 seats, so they must pick up four seats to win a majority. They will have to win more conservative states to win a majority.
The seats held by GOP Senator Susan Collins in Maine, a state Trump has lost in each of his three runs, and retiring Senator Thom Tillis in North Carolina, which Trump won by only about 3 points last November, are viewed as Democrats’ best pickup opportunities.
Stephen Farnsworth, political science professor at the University of Mary Washington, told Newsweek the Senate “seems more likely to remain in Republican hands than not.”
“Democrats have good pickup opportunities in NC and ME—and perhaps an outside chance in Ohio. Even so, a very good election night for Democrats in the upper chamber would only bring the Senate to 50-50, with a Republican VP serving as the tie-breaker,” he said.
Recall on Trump? In what scenario would this happen?
The McConnell rule isn’t a rule or a precedent, but I agree using their game to screw them back.
McConnell would just use whatever rule or precedent he set then change it to work in his favor any time it became an issue. That’s not how rules or precedents work and also it was all manufactured to meet their needs and screw anyone else into capturing power. The day Mitch kicks it will be a day for fireworks and celebrations.
It would be great if politics were used to make people’s lives better in these failed United States, instead of enriching their pocketbooks while we look for scraps amongst the rapid dogs of high society.
They’re saying that Trump is extremely likely to die of old age, at which point those scenarios are literally on the table.
God has the final word on Donald Trump. Someday, when he eats his last cheeseburger.
I guess if you believe in that.
I believe that the cheeseburger will deliver us to paradise. Amen.