Nine states expected to be central to battle for Senate, presidency

[jaxx]

The battle for the presidency and the Senate in 2012 are deeply intertwined, with as many as nine states expected to be central to both contests.

The national map shows four competitive Senate races featuring Democratic incumbents in states that have been at or near the center of the race for the presidency in the past several elections and will be so again in the next one.

In Florida, Sen. Bill Nelson is certain to face his toughest challenge since winning his seat in 2000. Sensing his vulnerability — and the importance of the state to the White House’s 2012 electoral calculus — President Obama held a fundraising event for Nelson earlier this month and Vice President Biden will do so this week.

The story is the same in Missouri, where Sen. Claire McCaskill, a strong Obama ally, is seeking a second term, and in Ohio, where Sen. Sherrod Brown is up for reelection. Both states were heavily targeted by Obama in 2008, and they will be again by both him and the eventual Republican nominee. Ditto Michigan, where a struggling economy could complicate Sen. Debbie Stabenow’s reelection bid as well as Obama’s path to victory in the state.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/n...l_politics

[Julie]

We are well aware here in MI how hard the R's are going to go after Stabenow. We will work hard to keep her in the Senate, I personally will do all I can.

Julie

[Cha]

(03-21-2011 07:03 AM)Julie Wrote:  We are well aware here in MI how hard the R's are going to go after Stabenow. We will work hard to keep her in the Senate, I personally will do all I can.

Julie

Thanks sweetie!

We're going to have a Senate race here in Hawai'i too. Daniel Akaka is retiring and the former Con Gov of 8 years Linda Lingle is running..so I hope someone full on Dynomite runs on the Democratice side.

[jaxx]

I see some tough fights coming and hope the teapubs continue to be called out for going against the people. What these rightie governors are bringing into their states has got to be stopped.

[Cha]

(03-21-2011 07:12 AM)jaxx Wrote:  I see some tough fights coming and hope the teapubs continue to be called out for going against the people. What these rightie governors are bringing into their states has got to be stopped.

The con govs are exposing for real what they're like..no more hiding behind lies now.

[Cha]

Scary and sickening just thinking of all the lies and smears bought by Koch money coming down the pike.