A filibuster-proof majority in the Senate
Jim Thatcher
jim@jimthatcher.com
<p><b>Change with a filibuster-proof majority</b></p>
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<li>In Alaska <a href="http://begich.com/home">Mark Begich</a> is essentially <strong>tied </strong> (Pollster.com) in his race against Bridge to Nowhere’s Ted Stevens.</li>
<li>Colorado’s <a href="http://www.markudall.com/">Mark Udall</a> is ahead of is Republican opponent by +5% (Pollster.com).</li>
<li><a href="http://www.alfranken.com/">Al Frankin</a> is pulling ahead by +4% (Rasmusen) in Minnesota. </li>
<li>In Mississippi, Democrat <a href="http://musgroveforsenate.net/">Ronnie Musgrove</a> is only 2% (Rasmussen) behind Republican Roger Wicker.</li>
<li>Both <a href="http://www.jeanneshaheen.org/">Jeanne Shaheen</a> in New Hampshire and <a href="http://www.tomudall.com/">Tom Udall</a> in New Mexico are ahead by +6% (Pollster.com) in their Senate races.</li>
<li>In a great surprise <a href="http://www.kayhagan.com/home">Kay Hagen</a> in North Carolina is now ahead of incumbent Elizabeth Dole by +5% (Pollster.com) in North Carolina. </li>
<li><a href="http://www.jeffmerkley.com/">Jeff Merkley</a> is now up by 1.7% Oregon.</li>
<li>And then in Virginia <a href="http://www.markwarner2008.com/index.html">Mark Warner</a> is way ahead (by a whopping 27%) in his Senate race.</li>
<li>New to this list is <a href="http://www.martinforsenate.com/">Jim Martin</a>, running just 3.8% behind the Republican incumbent. </li>
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<p>If you want to focus on the "<a href="http://pollster.com/polls/2008senate/">toss-ups</a>" (as of 10/9/2008) then choose Begich, Frankin, Merkley and the new candidate on our list, Martin in Georgia. </p>
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