The Senate

Unlike the House which elects all 435 members every 2 years, the Senate considers itself a "continuing body" in that only about a third of its members are standing for election every 2 years. This year, however, is a little different in that not only are 1/3 running for election but that we also see in the map above that 2 states have BOTH Senate seats up for grabs ...and that both seats are currently held by Republicans.

This year is particularly different, as well, in that 23 of the Senate seats up for grabs are GOP held as opposed to only 12 held by Democrats. If you add in the factor of the failed Bush presidency. We're looking at a true rout, ladies and gentlemen. The only question is how big of a rout will it be.

Keep an eye toward the tremendous number of Republican retirements too. Nobody is better connected than a US Senator ...if they feel that it's not worth the fight ...then it's not worth the fight.

Every single Republican-held Senate seat is in play no matter how strong the Republican the election returns were last time out. "Veto Proof", is a given for the 2008 results. The question is will the Democrats have enough of a luxurious majority to enforce party unity and oust scalawags like Joe Lieberman from the caucus.

Please help keep us abreast of the latest developments in your "ol' backyard" and of any other news that you run across for Senate seats that fascinate you. Leave your observations and scoops in the comments and we'll promote the best from time to time to new posts.

Electing Barack Obama will be futile if we don't give him a posse. Make sure that you are not only registered to vote ...but that you actually vote and you cast a vote for the Democratic Senator and Congressperson that will allow his vision of change to become reality.