Will Mitt's coattails be long enough to carry the Senate?
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« on: October 23, 2012, 01:20:02 PM »
One of Romney's strongest positions is that he will repeal Obamacare.  And despite the fact that it barely passed (and only on procedural technicalities) in the first place, he'll probably need to control the Senate to get it repealed.  Will his coattails be long enough to make that happen?
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« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2012, 01:21:51 PM »
Romney probably needs to win by about four or five points to have a Senate majority.

And even in that case, a repeal would probably be filibustered.
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« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2012, 01:21:57 PM »
No.
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« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2012, 02:19:25 PM »
Coattails are overrated.
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« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2012, 02:22:53 PM »
I don't understand. Which coattails?
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« Reply #5 on: October 23, 2012, 02:23:32 PM »

Particularly when you're being elected for a negative reason.  The Democratic senate candidates are all white.
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« Reply #6 on: October 23, 2012, 02:33:13 PM »
LOL @ the Republicans thinking that they'll be able to repeal Obamacare with 50-51 votes. You don't think we'll do the same thing to you as you did to us? There's the potential to withhold funds, but Obamacare will never be repealed.
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« Reply #7 on: October 23, 2012, 03:56:23 PM »
What coattails? If he wins it'll be by at most 1-2% nationally.
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« Reply #8 on: October 23, 2012, 04:14:36 PM »
Quote from: Lief on October 23, 2012, 03:56:23 PM
What coattails? If he wins it'll be by at most 1-2% nationally.
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« Reply #9 on: October 23, 2012, 04:36:38 PM »
Highly unlikely.  Him winning Wisconsin would probably carry Thompson over the finish line, but that's about it. 
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« Reply #10 on: October 23, 2012, 05:50:20 PM »
No: if Romney wins, it will be a close, bitterly-fought 2000-style outcome, and I doubt his coattails will be long enough to carry any of the senate candidates to victory.
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« Reply #11 on: October 23, 2012, 06:17:51 PM »
Democrats picked up 4 seats in 2000 when Bush won. Sometimes the Presidential election and the Senate and Gubernatorial elections have opposite results.
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« Reply #12 on: October 23, 2012, 06:26:37 PM »
Yes.  4 seats, at least. 
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« Reply #13 on: October 23, 2012, 06:46:35 PM »

lol
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« Reply #14 on: October 24, 2012, 12:56:22 AM »
The GOP might take the Senate, but it won't be because of Romney's coattails but because of troubled GOP candidates in typically Republican states winning because of the (R) beside their name.
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« Reply #15 on: October 24, 2012, 12:59:08 AM »
Mittens ~48% of the vote will grant him no coattails.
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