Showing posts with label Who will the independents caucus with. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Who will the independents caucus with. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Ed Kilgore's Fun Take on South Dakota

++Throughout the Senate campaign,Ed Kilgore at Washington Monthly has consistently raised the peculiar issue of run-offs in Georgia and Louisiana. Throw in the slow,slow count in Alaska and you have election night ending in uncertainty about whose going to control the Senate.

++Now throw in,two possible Independent victors--one in Kansas, the other in South Dakota. Kilgore reminds us that Pressler, while serving in both the House and the Senate as a Republican, is a personal friend of President Obama and supported him in both 2008 and 2012. 

++So not only don't you know the Senate with the first three races, but you don't know whether Orman and/or Pressler will caucus with the Republicans or Democrats. 

++Then take Angus Reid from Maine. If it is really close, he said he might caucus with the GOP. 

++Then what will be the lead narrative coming out of the Senate elections? This was supposed to be a slam dunk for the GOP.

++It may be a long, long night ,even months before we know.