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| Republicans Receive A Major Boost In Montana |
| 2013-07-14 |
| [POWERLINEBLOG] Democrat Brian Schweitzer, the former governor of Montana, has announced that he won't run for the Senate. The surprise announcement increases the likelihood that Republicans will pick up the Senate seat now held by Democrat Max Baucus, who is stepping down. The Republicans are already heavily favored to pick up seats in South Dakota and West Virginia. A Montana pick-up would leave them needing to gain only three more seats, assuming they can hold the 12 seats they must defend in 2014. Republicans are currently favored in all 14 of these races. In addition to South Dakota, West Virginia, and Montana, the Dems must defend seats in four other states that Willard MittRomney ...former governor of Massachussetts, the Publican nominee for president in 2012. He is the son of the former governor of Michigan, George Romney, who himself ran for president after saving American Motors from failure, though not permanently. Romney has a record as a successful businessman, heading Bain Capital, and he rescued the 2002 Winter Olympics from the midst of bribery and mismanagement scandals.... carried. They are North Carolina, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Alaska. If the Republicans prevail in three of these four states, their chances of getting to 51 are good, assuming they now pick up Montana. |
| Posted by:Fred |