Virginia GOP Sees Warner Stepping Down

[Jaggerjack]

Thanks, John, for helping us throw away yet another Virginia Senate seat!

At this rate, we'll get back the Senate in...oh..2016?

He's...80...years...old.

How old was Thurmond when he left office?

[Jaggerjack]

How old was Thurmond when he left office?

164.  Well, he actually died back in the '70s, but he didn't vacate his Senate seat until 2003.  People were just too polite to say anything to him, you know?

Yech! That looks like a zombie!

[Jaggerjack]

How old was Thurmond when he left office?

164.  Well, he actually died back in the '70s, but he didn't vacate his Senate seat until 2003.  People were just too polite to say anything to him, you know?

Yech! That looks like a zombie!

Looks like?

Either way, it looks freaky.

[Jaggerjack]

Well, assuming the Democrats pick up four seats in 2008 and the presidency, that would mean a 55-45 majority for the Dems. Sounds very familiar for the Republicans going into 2006. I am predicting that the Democratic president should have low approval ratings by 2010, which could give the Republicans pickups in CO, WI, AR, WA, and CA. Call me crazy, but I doubt anyone would have predicted that PA, MT, OH, RI, MO, and VA would fall into Democratic hands back in 2003.

Washington and California? LOL.

[Jaggerjack]

Well, assuming the Democrats pick up four seats in 2008 and the presidency, that would mean a 55-45 majority for the Dems. Sounds very familiar for the Republicans going into 2006. I am predicting that the Democratic president should have low approval ratings by 2010, which could give the Republicans pickups in CO, WI, AR, WA, and CA. Call me crazy, but I doubt anyone would have predicted that PA, MT, OH, RI, MO, and VA would fall into Democratic hands back in 2003.

Washington and California? LOL.

Washington certainly could be seen as stretching it, but a Schwarenegger victory in CA has a 50/50 shot at this point and could get better

Arnie is not going to unseat Boxer. He won the governor's mansion (the only thing the Republicans have really been able to do here for a while). Don't let the alcohol get to your head.