Two big-time Democratic senators are retiring rather than running for reelection. Chris Dodd of Connecticut and Byron Dorgan of North Dakota both say they will not campaign for their seats in the fall. Dodd is chairman of the powerful Senate Banking Committee, at the center of much of the financial mess last year and a supposed retooling now underway.
It's beginning to feel a lot like 2006, when Republicans lost majorities in the House and Senate. Although we still don't have numbers like that, the momentum does feel like it's shifting towards the GOP.
Meantime, back in the real A'murka, Republican Stephen Fincher has collected $620,000 in three months of campaigning for retiring Democratic Rep. John Tanner's 8th district seat. Yesterday I mentioned Farmer Fincher had earned $300,000 in his first quarter to State Sen. Roy Herron's $675,000.
It's beginning to feel a lot like 2006, when Republicans lost majorities in the House and Senate. Although we still don't have numbers like that, the momentum does feel like it's shifting towards the GOP.
Meantime, back in the real A'murka, Republican Stephen Fincher has collected $620,000 in three months of campaigning for retiring Democratic Rep. John Tanner's 8th district seat. Yesterday I mentioned Farmer Fincher had earned $300,000 in his first quarter to State Sen. Roy Herron's $675,000.
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