Conrad to Retire

[minionofmidas]

Assuming Obama is going to win reelection... Was there any instance in U.S. history when one party won a presidential election and lost a control over the Senate at one time?

That happened in 1824, 1832, and sorta-kinda in 2000.

[minionofmidas]

Here are the full numbers for the last 2 Presidencies as far as judicial nominees.


http://www.citizenlink.com/2008/10/judicial-confirmation-statistics-clinton-v-bush/

District court confirmed    Circuit Court confirmed    Senate controlled by
103rd Cong (93-94)    108    19    Dem
104th Cong (95-96)    62    11    Rep
105th Cong (97-98)    80    20    Rep
106th Cong (99-00)    57    15    Rep
Totals    307    65

107th Cong (01-02)    83    17    Dem
108th Cong (03-04)    85    18    Rep
109th Cong (05-06)    35    16    Rep
110th Cong (07-08)*    58    10    Dem
Totals*    261    61

Okay, the 109th Congress figure is intriguing.

[minionofmidas]

I am cautiously optimistic that Brown may hold on in Mass, even if Obama is re-elected. I have this gut feeling Mass voters may be getting bored being represented by a wall of Dems, assuming there is a presentable Pubbie who is not too offensive to add a bit of variegation to the mix, particularly if it looks like the GOP will take control of the Senate, which appears to me to be a more likely than not scenario, unless Obama gets something close to his prior margin in 2012. Just my idle speculation, based on nothing much. I hope Brittain33 is not laughing at me too hard on this one.

That ought to reduce Brown's chances, not increase them.