To: Brian Sullivan who wrote (437398 ) 7/27/2011 12:37:54 AM From: goldworldnet Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793801 That's my guess too that the Senate will block the 2-step plan. These are the Senators up for reelection in 2012.Here are the Democrats up in 2012: Daniel Akaka, Hawaii Jeff Bingaman, New Mexico. How’s that border, Senator? Sherrod Brown, Ohio. Ohio’s looking pretty red these days Joe Manchin, West Virginia. Aw, I just got here. Maria Cantwell, Washington Benjamin Cardin, Maryland Thomas Carper, Delaware. Win one for Christine Robert Casey, Jr., Pennsylvania Kent Conrad, North Dakota Diane Feinstein, California Kirsten Gillibrand, New York. We’re baaack. If we can just keep Al D’Amato from stabbing us in the back we might put up a decent candidate to beat an easy target Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota. How does Senator Michelle Bachmann sound? Herb Kohl, Wisconsin. As goes Feingold, so goes Kohl? Claire McCaskill, Missouri Robert Menendez, New Jersey. Chris Christie country may be ready for a change Ben Nelson, Nebraska. Best known for the Cornhusker kickback to buy his vote on ObamaCare Bill Nelson, Florida. Does Marco Rubio have a brother or a sister? Debbie Stabenow, Michigan. Can we trade her for General Motors? Jon Tester, Montana Jim Webb, Virginia. He may be the last trace of blue in the state Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island We may not be in the majority, but all we need to do on most legislation is to bring over two, three or four of these folks to pass bills. They may want to have a whiff of bipartisanship on their resume when they face the voters. Here are the two independents: Joseph Lieberman, Connecticut. We love you Joe, but except for Isreal and National Security, you are still rather blue Bernard Sanders, Socialist. Seriously, a Socialist. Can we stop saying that the left doesn’t believe in socialism? Here are the Republican seats we will need to defend: Scott Brown, Massachusetts John Barrasso, Wyoming Bob Corker, Tennessee John Ensign, Nevada Orrin Hatch, Utah Kay Bailey Hutchison, Texas Jon Kyl, Arizona Richard Lugar, Indiana Olympia Snowe, Maine. Is there a Tea Party in Maine. Can someone give them a wakeup call, please? Roger Wicker, Mississippi They all look like pretty solid red states and we should be able to hold them.libertyslifeline.com * * *