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Politics : The Obama - Clinton Disaster -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (26183)	2/15/2010 3:55:48 PM
From: jlallen	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 103300

I thought Bayh was pretty reasonable for a Dem.

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (26183)	2/16/2010 8:48:49 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	1 Recommendation Respond to of 103300

Mr. Bayh's decision, which he chalked up to gridlock and political infighting, gives Republicans an unexpected opportunity to pick up a seat, raising the specter of Democrats losing their Senate majority. A year ago, such a concept appeared improbable, but now several Democratic seats are at risk from Republicans riding a wave of public anger at the Washington political establishment. In total, five Democratic senators have chosen not to run this fall, and in four of those states—Indiana, North Dakota, Illinois and Delaware—their party is struggling. An additional bloc of incumbent Democrats, including Arkansas's Blanche Lincoln, Colorado's Michael Bennet, Pennsylvania's Arlen Specter, and Nevada's Harry Reid, the Senate majority leader, are endangered. Republicans have their own challenges to deal with: Six GOP incumbents aren't running and four of those open seats are likely to be competitive, forcing the minority party to work hard to retain them.