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kpete

(71,994 posts) Fri Aug 12, 2016, 12:40 PM Aug 2016

MAYDAY! MITCH Admits GOP Senate Chances 'Very Dicey"

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is not optimistic that he will be in charge of the Senate come November ― and Donald Trump, he implied, is not helping matters.

McConnell told a civic group in Kentucky on Thursday that the chances of the GOP retaining control of the Senate were “very dicey,” the Associated Press reported.

The party’s Senate majority was always going to be tenuous this year, according to McConnell, with 24 Republican-held seats up for grabs, compared to just 10 Democratic-held seats.

Losing the Senate would severely limit Republicans’ power “to impact judicial appointments,” McConnell cautioned. It was a clear warning that the Senate must remain a priority regardless of the outcome of the presidential race.

http://bigstory.ap.org/82da0641576240a7806b7e949f8b4041
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mitch-mcconnell-gop-danger-losing-senate_us_57adeb37e4b069e7e504d9aa

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MAYDAY! MITCH Admits GOP Senate Chances 'Very Dicey" (Original Post) kpete Aug 2016 OP

Lol vadermike Aug 2016 #1

I'd like nothing better than to see that shithead amble off to the MINORITY terrarium! MADem Aug 2016 #2

Which is why GOTV is crucial Wednesdays Aug 2016 #3

Is there Superpac money just concentrated on this I wonder ? OnDoutside Aug 2016 #6

That's the sound... C_U_L8R Aug 2016 #4

yes kpete Aug 2016 #5

vadermike

(1,415 posts)

1. Lol

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Aug 12, 2016, 12:42 PM

Aug 2016

I coulda told him that months ago Idiot

MADem

(135,425 posts)

2. I'd like nothing better than to see that shithead amble off to the MINORITY terrarium!

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Aug 12, 2016, 12:49 PM

Aug 2016

And I'd really like the new majority leader, when sticking it to the GOP royally, to reference the "McConnell Precedent" or something on those lines! There are so many examples of when the GOP has been shitty, the Dems might as well give THEM credit for it!