Are you aware of the fact that we are about to win OVER 60 SENATE SEATS?

[LSK]

Electoral-vote.com has the projection at 59-41 right now:

http://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2008/Senate/Maps/Oct13-s.html

HOWEVER, the races in Mississippi, Kentucky and Georgia are all within 4 points!!!

If you have any money to spare PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE donate to one of these campaigns:

MS: http://musgroveforsenate.net

KY: http://www.bruce2008.com/index.asp

GA: http://www.martinforsenate.com/home.html

Also the NC is VERY close: http://www.kayhagan.com

Edit to add:

AK: http://www.begich.com (defeat Ted Stevens)

OR: http://www.jeffmerkley.com

Of course Al Franken is in a close race but everyone knows about his race. http://www.alfranken.com/content/splash

If you cannot decide, you can just donate to the DSCC which is certain to be concentrating on these races:

http://www.dscc.org

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE donate or pay attention to these races. We can have MORE THAN 60 SENATE SEATS!!

LETS DO THIS!!!

[MrModerate]

1. Now, now now . . . chill here. Those chickens haven't hatched.

And besides, we need 61 so we can boot Lieberman out of the caucus.

[lame54]

2. It's not over yet

[LSK]

4. thats why I am asking people to donate to these close races

And provided links to the websites of those candidates.

[orleans]

21. ADOPT A SENATOR CAMPAIGN

here is a thread i posted august 25, 2006:

ADOPT A SENATOR CAMPAIGN: THIS MEANS YOU!

ADOPT A SENATOR CAMPAIGN
To residents of: Alaska, Oregon, Idaho, South Dakota, Colorado, Kansas, Iowa, Illinois, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, New Hampshire, Vermont, D.C.***

(***update: for 2008 election: check op for election races in Mississipps, Kentucky, Georiga, North Carolina, Alaska, Oregon)

For the residents of the above states I realize we do not have a horse in a senatorial race…directly. But the fact is that we all have a horse in the race. We want/need to take back both the house and senate. So with this in mind, I have a proposition for everyone that does not have a senatorial race in their state this year: I am asking you--each one of you, personally--to find a nice senatorial candidate to adopt for this 2006 election season.***

(***update: 2008 election season)

HOW DO I DECIDE WHO TO ADOPT?

Look over the list of candidates below. They are listed by state and you will be able to see if they are the incumbent or who the republican senator is that we all want to get rid of. There will also be a link to the candidate’s website.

Base your adoption criteria on any of the following:

1. A Democrat (meeting this criteria is necessary)
2. A Competitive Race
3. Favorite Vacation Spot
4. Likable Photo on Website
5. Does/Doesn’t Take PayPal
6. Behind in the Polls
7. Ahead in the Polls
8. Needs a Poll
9. Where your Republican relatives (whom you can’t stand) live
10. Where your Democratic relatives (whom you adore) live
11. The campaign that needs the most help
12. The republican senator who is the biggest jerk in my estimation and deserves to lose more than anyone else


WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO TO ADOPT A SENATOR?

This is fairly easy. By adopting a senatorial candidate from out of state all you really need to do is donate some money to their campaign. In most cases the usual types of volunteering would not be practical such as phone banking, door to door, yard signs, and even bumper stickers. (If you
do require a bumper sticker for your adoption I suggest you create your own that says: I ADOPTED A BLUE SENATORIAL CANDIDATE!


WHY SHOULD I BOTHER ADOPTING A SENATOR?

You know why. And besides all that--these newly elected Senators will be serving until January 3, 2013.*** That alone should help motivate you. Remember, a senator does not just serve the state that elected him/her. They vote on issues that effect all of us.

(***update: 2015)

HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO ADOPT A SENATOR?

Considering the price of a more traditional adoption, you could really save a bundle here. And don’t forget the bonus savings you’ll incur: you won’t have to buy the senator new school clothes, no paying for school or college tuition, you won’t have to lay out money for a car on the senator’s 16th birthday--you won’t have to buy a birthday present at all! You’ll be able to vacation wherever you want to without consulting with the senator first (or taking the senator’s feelings into account), you won’t have the senator trying to take the remote and watching the shows you don’t want to see--or hear the senator complaining because you always hog the remote and demanding to know who died and made you boss anyway?

No. You won’t have to worry about any of that. Adopting a Senator can be fun, fairly simple, and extremely rewarding.

The senator will never blame you when things go wrong, and all the thousands of democrats in that state will be ever grateful to you personally.


DON’T I HAVE TO BE QUALIFIED TO ADOPT A SENATOR?

The answer is: no. Even if you can’t read this you can still adopt a senator. There are no age restrictions, no limit on the number of DUI’s you’ve had, no educational requirements to fulfill. It doesn’t matter how many drugs you’ve taken, what your credit rating is, or if you go to church on a regular basis. No one cares if you’re married, single or divorced. (We do care if you’re widowed so we can offer our condolences first.)

Your sexual preference does not matter. Neither does your ethnicity, your zodiac sign, how overweight you are or what your favorite color is. There are no lengthy medical history forms to fill out because no one cares about that either. You can even be the most screwed up person in your neighborhood but you will still be allowed to adopt a senator! And the best part is that parents can adopt a senator for their child or even their pet!


ADOPTING A SENATOR MAKES THE PERFECT GIFT FOR YOUR FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES

So your friend’s birthday is coming up and you really don’t know what to get them. You want to find an unusual present--something they won’t be getting from all their other friends, but you just can’t think of anything. Well, think no more!

Adopting a senator makes the perfect gift for:
*Birthdays
*Anniversaries
*Wedding Showers
*Baby Showers
*Early Holiday Presents (let someone know you’re thinking of them all the time)
*The Autumn Equinox
*Halloween (a frighteningly fun surprise for any trick-or-treater)
*Retirement Parties
*Welcome Home From That Gallbladder Surgery Party
*Belated or Early Graduation Presents (I know I’ll be saying to my daughter: “You know that graduation party I was going to have for you? Well, I’ve decided to adopt a senator for you instead! Isn’t that great?” I can hardly wait to see the wonderful look of surprise on her face!)


SO HOW MUCH WILL IT REALLY COST ME? (SINCE YOU DIDN’T ANSWER THAT QUESTION BEFORE)

That depends on what you think is a reasonable amount of money that will help to make a difference. Let’s face it: $2 buys a cup of coffee, and maybe a donut. Do you want your senator to have a donut or do you want your senator to WIN? What’s the cost of a yard sign, a tank of gas to drop off volunteer canvassers, the charge for printing hundreds of thousands of flyers, TV ads, the rent for a campaign office, the phone bills? I don’t know. But I know it’s more than $2.

Pretend the senator you’re adopting is running in your state--how much would you be willing to spend to keep a republican senator out? How much did you donate to your state’s senatorial campaign before? If you didn’t donate anything look at it like it was money saved that you can now donate to adopt a senator.


WHAT DO I DO AFTER I ADOPT A SENATOR?

After you have sent the senator of your choice a check or perhaps donated online you can design a lovely certificate for yourself with the following information:

CERTIFICATE OF ADOPTION
Date: _______________

Today I adopted a democratic senatorial candidate whose name is _________________________ . I understand I will be helping all the people in the state of ______________________ as well as helping every American. My adoption donation was in the amount of $__________ because I am a true patriot.

(And then don’t forget to make one of those I ADOPTED A BLUE SENATORIAL CANDIDATE bumper stickers for yourself!)

----------------------------------------

If you adopted a senator as a surprise/present for someone else be sure to create a nice certificate for them with the following information:

GIFT CERTIFICATE
OF ADOPTION
Date: _________
To: ________________

Congratulations! A democratic senatorial candidate has been adopted for you in your honor. Your adopted candidate’s name is __________________ from the state of ______________________. I hope that you will enjoy making a positive difference in our country and in the world.

From: ____________________

(For an added treat you can make one of those bumper stickers to enclose with your Gift Certificate of Adoption.)


GROWING YOUR ADOPTIVE FAMILY

After you have adopted a senator you should probably consider adopting at least two candidates for the US house (your own--as long as a democrat is running, and another house candidate). Another important decision you’ll want to make is weather or not to adopt a governor, a candidate for a state house, and the list goes on. From now until November you can grow your family as big as you want without any added hassles over bedtimes, or telling them to put their dirty clothes in the laundry room.


SUPPORT NETWORK

If you go that extra mile and adopt one or more politicians you might want some sort of support network. This could be arranged in the form of a thread either at your own state’s forum or the adoptive state’s forum titled: I Adopted A Politician. You and others can post on how your adopted politician is doing in the polls, put up newspaper clippings, share tidbits on your politician’s fundraising, keep track of exciting milestones and proudly discuss your politician’s overall progress.

Don’t forget that you can always send your adopted senator and other adopted politicians well-wishes in the form of emails and letters--and even an encouraging, occasional phone call.

I am certain this will be a fun, exciting and fulfilling time in your life. So why not take advantage of it and really make the most of it? ADOPT A SENATOR TODAY!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2796935

[Kaleko]

29. It is a nice thing to do.

:) I've adopted Don Siegelman and Robert Wexler. It's a bit like growing Chia Pets. Uneventful, but hopefully more rewarding.

[niceypoo]

3. Republicans will just filibuster everything...

...and the Democrats will be too timid to stop them, if, 'tradition,' holds.

Oh, how I hope I am wrong.

[LSK]

6. 60 Dem Senate seats means the filibuster threat is gone

They cannot filibuster any more of our legislation!! They will be completely powerless!!!

[niceypoo]

8. Your post almost made me orgasm....

It would be delicious to watch them squirm in agony.

[Arugula Latte]

27. Lol!

:spray:

[cascadiance]

13. Yup, that will force the "corporate democrats" to be exposed and come out of their shells...

Then once we see which are DINOs that work on certain votes with the Rethuglican super minority to fillibuster bills, we can know which DINOs to target in coming primaries to take back the party to represent the people in those states instead of corporste interests. Giving Dems a 60 vote majority will help us do this.

[Marr]

20. As if their present "filibusters" (which are not filibusters) should be able to stop anything.

The present Democratic Congressional leadership would find a way to lose, even if they had a 60 seat majority. That's their job.

[Ediacara]

5. Don't forget Merkley in Oregon and Begich in Alaska

http://www.jeffmerkley.com/

http://www.begich.com/

[LSK]

7. thought those races were not as close, but added them

[kenny blankenship]

9. -

Ronnie Musgrove is the Democrat.

[LSK]

11. oops and fixed

:banghead:

[FunkyLeprechaun]

10. I voted for Franken by absentee ballot

I'm proud to say that I hope to have contributed to Franken's win this year! :-D

[cascadiance]

12. Don't stop at 60 or 61! I want a "constitutional ammendment" majority!

Maybe not this electoral season, but we need to build up to by 2010 to have a 67 vote majority to allow us to do some constitutional ammendments to correct a lot of the damage that's been done, and to protect us from SCOTUS rulings by putting in place constitutional power laws that restrict them on ruling against Roe v. Wade or for corporate personhood in the future, and perhaps get us in a position later to have public campaign financing that doesn't have to deal with "corporate free speech" that the corporate personhood wonks put up to fight things like public campaign financing laws.

[unblock]

17. big gains in the off-season are extremely rare. much better shot at this in 2012

[wryter2000]

14. I have donated to Al Franken

But, I doubt very much we'll end up with 60 seats.

Wouldn't it be a pain if we ended up with 59, and there would be Lieberman smirking at us again?

[Beetwasher]

15. Also, Even Though Collins Will Probably Win, Expect A BIG PUSH FOR HER TO SWITCH!!

You heard it here first. And I would put it at decent odds that she might.

[wryter2000]

16. Interesting

Still, even if she stays an R, she could vote with us.

To tell you the truth, I don't think we're going to fix out country until reasonable people take back the Republican party.

[struggle4progress]

18. I really hope the orchestra doesn't leave before the fat lady sings

[Marr]

19. If the Dem's get *half* of what some are projecting, I'll be shocked.

I think people are ignoring the massive the election fraud that's going to take place. The GOP will not let itself be completely castrated when it's still got the ability to rig elections. They'll steal elections out in the open, Mexico style before they let that happen.

[BluePatriot21]

22. bye bye joltin Joe

Joew Liebertraitor must be kicked out on his Zionist arse, there can be no alternative. This slug must be castrated from the American political body. The sneaky bastard is not Pro America and his time must come to an end, we can only rest when his political career has been wiped off the face of the earth :) Zionism is terrorism and is Anti-American.

[Stump]

23. This is encouraging...fingers crossed.

K&R

[gristy]

24. That would certainly be nice. But Fivethirtyeight.com projects the senate at 56.2-41.8

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/

[TroglodyteScholar]

25. I'd love to see Saxby Shameless get his ass handed to him

With all the excitement of the presidential campaign, Senate races really seem to have fallen into the background. I'm pretty excited about the goings-on in Georgia--it's actually looking like we might be able to send Saxby packing this time around!






BUT our guy Martin still suffers from relative obscurity, and his fundraising is lagging way behind that of Chambliss. Please visit his site at http://www.martinforsenate.com and, if you like what you see, donate whatever you can.

[FlyingSquirrel]

26. KICK!

[Liberal_in_LA]

28. That would be nice.

[specialed]

30. Don't count your chickens before the eggs hatch.