The Perfect Ending to a Great Week Polls for Senate races show big Democratic Increases

Originally 9 Republican Senate Seats were seen as vulnerable now Mississippi has made it 10

5 Seats are vacated by retiring Republicans Allard CO, Domenici NM, Hagel NE, Warner VA Lott MS

The Polls are showing that 2 are heading towards Democratic blow outs (VA +18 NM + 25) 1 is trending Dem (CO +6) 1 is a Republican blowout (NE +15) and most surprising of all Mississippi is even.

4 Seats are held by republicans in democratic states; Coleman MN, Smith OR, Sununu NH, Collins ME

1 is trending Democratic (NH +7) 2 are virtually tied (MN -2 and OR -2) and one is trending Republican but the Democratic challenger has gained 15 points and now only trails by 10 points (ME)

Alaska is a Republican Senator in a Republican state and is now tied

On edit Dole in NC is now in surprising trouble

The possibility of 7 or more Senate pick up states is very big.

Only 1 Democratic seat is close (LA) and Landrieu is +3

http://www.pollster.com/

Minnesota
Obama 53, McCain 38... Clinton 53, McCain 38
Sen: Coleman 47, Franken 45

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/state_toplines/minnesota/toplines_minnesota_senate_may_22_2008

Franken should be cleaning Coleman's clock!

I mean, Franken has his baggage, but good god... Norm Coleman has got to be one of the biggest rethug tools on the planet.

He doesn't officially deny global warning, and I think he voted against oil drilling in ANWR, just enough evidence of sound reasoning to woo a few independents. He rode the suburbs and outstate Minnesota to victory in 2002 against Walter Mondale, who came in at the last minute for Paul Wellstone.

But he's also a former Democrat, former "hippie" with the wrong kind of ambition. I really resent his holding Paul Wellstone's old seat. Talk about a bitter pill to swallow. I hope that Al Franken can push Coleman aside, and with a big Democratic turnout this year in a reliably Democratic state with a strong activist base - Franken can win.

Jesse Ventura may enter that race too. What a circus.

I wish Franken could use the same theme against Coleman....worked hard but didn't get things done.....go over all the things not accomplished during the Bush years

Coleman is a snake.

...to assemble political, manufacturing, military, technological and mineral wealth for never ending war.

When Collins was first up for re-election we should have run then rep. Baldacci for the seat but ran a "nothing". Baldacci was after the Governorship and eventually won that. Tom Allen is great. He will do well in Portland, Lewiston, Auburn (the "big" cities) but in other parts he is way too liberal. The rich communities on the coast won't vote for him because their totally repuke; but the people who are getting killed in this economy are of the Rush "brain washed" lot and will freak at how liberal he is. I heard a lot of Dem money is going to come in here for him but so far there has been no sign of a race between either one of them. The "season" hasn't started yet. But I really don't hold a lot of hope for it unless the "cities" get like 80% of the people out to vote.

Thanks so much for compiling this!

Dem 58* GOP 42

*(Includes Sanders and the schmo from CT)

http://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2008/Senate/Maps/Jun08-s.html

GA, TX, OR, MN and NC are well within the doable range with some GOTV.

It's so ridiculous that we have to put up with that asshat. He masquerades as a moderate every six years.

After years of the double Republican team of Hatfield and Packwood, Oregonians lost both. Wyden is a lukewarm Liberal and Smith is a fickle Conservative.

Oregon tends to go middle of the road with its Senate choices. In the past, Smith has been able to sell himself as moderate to the suburbs. He is going to have a more difficult time this year. IF and I say IF Merkley can hold is feet to the fire.

Merkley is the more moderate of the two Dems that were in the primary, so he will probably do well.

There might be another surprise in the making.

I am now for Clark, Strickland or Napolitano.

Gilmore was a lousy governor and broke state law when he said he'd balanced the budget in his last year, a legal requirement, and lied about it apparently because there was a $3.0 billion shortfall.

Warner is loaded with money, knows how to work the rural areas in the state, and will win, period.

I would so love to see Susan Collins go down to defeat.

Excellent post

is going anywhere but DOWN, DOWN, DOWN.

He has one issue, and it's already destroyed thanks to high gas prices. He'll crash and burn around mid September, blubbering and lying, and getting about 28% of the vote, while Udall gets about 65%.

Colorado is an automatic lock, thanks to Obama's BEA-YU-TEE-FULL coattails.

Hawkeye-X

Obama at the top of the ticket has depth. This will work to our favor. It's hard to imagine having 60 Democratic Senators, but if we can do it, just imagine what we can accomplish!

K/R