McCaskill & Hawley are tied in MO. Heitkamp, Nelson, and Donnelly are barely holding on. Manchin seems fine in WV until you ask voters what happens if he votes against Kavanaugh and then things get much closer. So, though Dems have surprising pick-up opportunities in TN, AZ, NV, and even TX (Cook moved this to Toss-up today!), our chances of picking up the Senate remain razor thin. Our gains could easily be offset by losses elsewhere even in a Blue Wave because of this shittiest of Senate maps.
And now I see from Huffpo that Menendez is in trouble in New Jersey! Damn it! I knew this corrupt SOB should’ve been forced out of the Senate earlier this year no matter what happened in his corruption trial! Sure in 2016 when this first came up Christie would’ve appointed a Re-thug! But, since last year’s election, NJ has had a Democratic gov. He could’ve appointed someone who could’ve held this seat in a Blue Year (as Tina Smith is doing in MN) if the Senate Dems had forced corrupt Menendez out. Now, we may pay the price for not doing the right thing and that price could be the Senate itself!
We can’t go after GOP corruption if we don’t have a zero tolerance position for ourselves. Voters will smell the hypocrisy! Arrggh!
Now, there’s nothing to it, but to hope than slimy Menendez can pull this off, the shitwad. Why he didn’t do the honorable thing and resign for the good of the party, I don’t know.