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For Republicans, the Senate outlook is bad

How bad is it?

LATIMES-Mississippi, one of the nation’s most conservative states, has not elected a Democratic senator in a quarter-century. It has voted for Republican presidential candidates in the last seven elections.

But this year, there is a real chance that the state will send a Democrat to the Senate.

That prospect is a window onto a remarkable political trend that has been eclipsed by the fireworks surrounding the 2008 presidential contest: Democrats are running strong Senate campaigns in states such as Mississippi, Alaska and North Carolina that Republicans have long taken for granted.

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Posted by JohnKonop on Monday, July 7th, 2008 at 1:03 am | under Uncategorized | |RSS 2.0 feed | Comments and pings closed. |

One Response to “For Republicans, the Senate outlook is bad”

  1. bb says:
    July 7, 2008 at 8:23 am

    A lot can and will happen between now and the election.

    But GOPers deserve to be challenged considering the voting records of many. GA would be in play if the dems had a decent candidate against Saxby.

    The GOP will be better after this cycle. Big spenders and liberals like Chuck Hagel, Trent Lott, John Warner, Pete Domenici and Ted Stevens will be gone. Maybe the party will get back to its roots and start putting forth fiscal conservatives in the years to come.

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