Zandar's Thought Of the Day

Me, this morning:

In fact, if the Dems hold Dodd's seat, and the other 14 races all lead to turnovers...the Dems STILL would have 60 seats.

In a "throw the bums out" year, it's important to remember the Republicans are hated even more than the Dems right now, and that a fair number of the bums have (R)s next to their names.

TPMDC's Eric Kleefield, this evening:

With the upheavals that have taken place from Democratic retirements in the past two days, are the Dems doomed to lose their 60-seat, filibuster-proof margin in the Senate this year? On close examination, this is not in any way a certain outcome -- because the Republicans have a lot to lose this year, too.

Just sayin'.  Right now, any talk of the Dems losing control of the Senate is sheer idiocy.  It's not going to happen unless some sort of major upheaval occurs.

Having said that, I wish the Village would stop acting like the Dems going under 60 seats (to say, 58) means they somehow lose control of the Senate to the Republicans.   That's how f'cked up our Senate is: where 59 seats to 41 means the 41 effectively control all legislation.