teapartysamurai
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Leaders of both parties have believed for months that Republicans could win the House, where every lawmaker faces re-election. But a change of party control in the Senate, where only a third of the members are running and Republicans must capture 10 seats, seemed out of the question.
Thats no longer the case. The emergence of competitive Republican candidates in Wisconsin, Washington and CaliforniaDemocratic-leaning states where polls now show tight racesbring the number of seats that Republicans could seize from the Democrats to 11.
Democrats now control the Senate 59-41after the death of Democratic Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, who was replaced by Republican Sen. Scott Brownincluding two independents who usually vote with them. That means Republicans need 10 seats to take a 51-49 advantage.
Republicans would have to win virtually every competitive race to retake the Senate, without losing any seats of their ownclearly an uphill climb. The trouble for Democrats is that many trends are against them. Surveys show that Republicans are more motivated than Democrats to go to the polls, and that voters are looking for new leadership in Congress
Gateway Pundit
Don't count your chickens before they have hatched. We are going to have to fight to the very last second.
But Obama and his failures have given us a very big head start.
Let's not waste it.