The Senate.

[piece-itpete]

Hmmm, the Dems have 2 toss ups and 4 leaners. The Reps have 1 toss up and 1 leaner.

Still seems like a long shot.

http://cookpolitical.com/senate/charts/race-ratings

Pete

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

Hmmm, the Dems have 2 toss ups and 4 leaners. The Reps have 1 toss up and 1 leaner.

Still seems like a long shot.

http://cookpolitical.com/senate/charts/race-ratings

Pete

This source must be sandbagging for the Republicans.

Hagan's race is at best a toss up, more likely a lean for the Repukes.

Landrieu is a toss up IMO.

With the Dems having far more tough seats to defend than the Repukes the Senate is the Repukes to lose in 2014. If they do not not retake it it will be their own damn fault.

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by mpholland

What is the difference? It is still just about paying for a prescription or a medical device or procedure. Does that mean that since contraception isn't "medically necessary" it shouldn't be paid for? Maybe we need a new medical term..."socially necessary". I don't see anybody griping about insurance companies covering a flu shot.

Actually contraceptive pills have been prescribed for some medical conditions and not just to avoid pregnancy. Oh I do believe it is a lot more than $10 per month. Try and imagine a drug company letting anything go that cheaply.

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by Zeke

Meh.

Democrats aren't losing the Senate, anyway.

Not unless the country has lost its collective mind.

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by 4-2-7

Well it's more than that. Something being forced on people that don't agree as to their religion.

So no one is forcing them to take the pillls. But they want to shove teir religion down everyone else's throat. Well as far as I am concerned they know where they can shove it.

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by mpholland

WTF does religion have to do with it. Just because it covers contraception doesn't mean you have to buy the damn pills. That's like a vegetarian refusing to eat a salad at a restaurant because they serve other people meat.

Beautifully put!

[merrylander]

[QUOTE=BlueStreak;192919][QUOTE=4-2-7;192892]
Change jobs is a valid option.

Naw. We're all better off when people stay and work, of fight if necessary, to make things better. That's why some keep trying to make it impossible to do. They'd rather you just quit and let them continue to fuck their employees. That's what every tyrant wants; People who just quit and go away, when they tire of his incompetence and/or abuses rather than stand up to him.

Personally, I can't think of anything LESS "American", than just quitting and letting a bastard have his way.

Dave

Yes Dave, what is the quotation "For evil to conquer all that it takes is for good men to do nothing."

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by merrylander

Not unless the country has lost its collective mind.

I'm afraid that a good portion of it has by succumbing to Fox News and Rush Limbaugh brainwashing propaganda.

[piece-itpete]

They did try hoping for change Tom I kinda agree with your assessment RE: it's the Reps to lose, though I still think it's a long shot.

Pete

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

They did try hoping for change Tom I kinda agree with your assessment RE: it's the Reps to lose, though I still think it's a long shot.

Pete

Of course it's theirs to lose.

They've got everything going for them.

2008 was a huge year for the Democrats in the Senate.

They rode the wave of record breaking turnout with the election of Obama and ran the table in the Senate. Every close race went their way and they ended up with 60 Senate seats. Now it's six years later and those same close race seats are up again, but this time it's mid-terms, and Democratic voters are notorious for staying home during mid-terms.

On the other hand you have to give the Devils their due, the knuckle dragging mouth breathing Tea Baggers who believe the earth is only 6,000 years old and that all Democrats are commies hell bent on turning America into a Stalinistic Police State, they will show up at the polls.

So if the Dems can hold on to the Senate, even if it's with just 50 votes plus Biden that will be a huge victory for them and a devastating loss for the Republithugs.