60 is the magic number - U.S. Senate

[NoThirdBushTerm]

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14280.html

My take on the above link at Politico.com:

60 - it is just a number, but it is an important one.

If the Democrats can get 60 members in the Senate, they can disallow filibustering, and allow progressive legislation to follow a much quicker route through the Senate.

Consider this - for all of Obama's intelligence, charisma, and drive, he needs legislators who are willing to live up to the challenges we face: ending the war in Iraq, fixing the economy, ramping up production of renewable energy. The laundry-list goes on and on.

That will not happen if the Republicans can filibuster bills to death in the Senate. And they will. The Republican Party has been hijacked by such a messianic movement that passage of legislation that they do not author is not only bad policy, but an affront to America in general.

They will stop and nothing to thwart an Obama administration's progressive agenda.

Per Politico: VA, NM, CO, AK, NH, OR, NC, MN, KY, MS & GA are all either going to go to the Democrats or states were Republican numbers are falling, and the races are becoming competitive.

[DainBramaged]

1. To boot Saxby Chambliss would be sweet

Several Republican strategists close to the White House said there is increasing fear among party leaders about a bloodbath. But they added that they hope to keep losses to as few as five or six seats, rather than the nine that Democrats would need to gain to reach the magic number of 60 seats.

[TahitiNut]

2. Uh-huh... and if the Dems get 59 seats then Joe Lieberman gets leverage.

:shrug:

[Blasphemer]

5. That is truly the worst case scenario. He's like a cockroach....nt

[Cronus Protagonist]

3. How is it that the Republicans manage to control the Senate when in minority OR majority

And the Democratics cannot ever be in control. Our side needs to quit fucking around with these people and start playing hardball.

[Infinite Hope]

4. We'd need 10 of them. Long odds. We'll likely be at 56-58. in my opinion.

Not enough people leave the comfort of their computer to work on contacting persuadable voters.