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  1. 11-05-2008, 02:18 #1
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    I think i understand the presidential race is going... but what about the houses... how close is the filibuster proof majority looking ?

    What gains have been made in the houses so far ? and what is predicted ?
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    I think i understand the presidential race is going... but what about the houses... how close is the filibuster proof majority looking ?

    What gains have been made in the houses so far ? and what is predicted ?
    The Dems have picked up a couple in the Senate but they lost one of their races they were after in Maine, so I dunno if they are gonna get 60, but they will have a nice, healthy margin there.
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    The Dems have picked up a couple in the Senate but they lost one of their races they were after in Maine, so I dunno if they are gonna get 60, but they will have a nice, healthy margin there.
    The "60 DEM SENATORS!" thing that has been screeched about was always a fantasy scenario. Five-thirty-eight calculated it as a 50% chance of 58, a 45% chance of 59, but only a 17% chance of taking 60.

    Im probably alot more realistic this time, i just didn't see how bush could win in 2004, but it happened, this time im more cautiously optimistic... though the optimism is rising quickly...
    Yup. 2004 was total floored shock for a lot of us.
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