for those for whom it may not have been clear, fe of which likely wander here
The races are:
CT: McMahon v. Murphy
NV: Berkley v. Heller
IN: Mourdock v Donelley (v Mourdock, running against anything he said prior to being nominated, a much more rapid whiplash event than even the top of the ticket Mitt)
Maine: going IND
MA: Warren v Brown
MO: Akin v McCaskill ... can Akin actually lose regardless of what he says?
MT: Rehberg v Tester
I know there are others, but to me this is it.
CT is critical, it seems to be wandering Dem, same goes for ...
IN, a huge pickup if it goes Dem, it would be a massive slap to the Tea Party .. an EPIC slap. Lugan was a shoe in ... the tossed him for this guy who is running from himself faster than a deer from fire. It is the most important race in the country outside of the presidency. It is a clear statement in a red leaning state (almost a secure red state) that a tea party wack-job is not fit to participate. It would have a lasting effect. And they knocked off Richard Lugar in their vanity. I recall Tom Foley being voted out of office ... IN this election I want three things: Obama, Warren and Donelley. Screw everything else.
MT: certainly wold like to see MT keep splitting the ticket, and TEster is the one to do it, but it seems those days for this segment of the Mountan West have past as well ... making the big red wall from TX to ND and areas around solid until the demographic, oddly, shift TX.
Sure
NV, Berkley/Heller could go blue on coattails ...
and this is why the down ticket hence and national numbers count.
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