Ken Fortenberry wrote in
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Scott Seidman wrote:
1) gasoline will increase by twenty five cents a gallon in the next
three weeks

The US Senate will be equally split 50 Republicans and 50 Democrats
when Lincoln Chafee stuns the political world by declaring himself
a Democrat. Whereupon Joe Lieberman immediately declares himself a
Republican returning the Senate to 50-50 and under Republican control.


All too feasible, but I wouldn't call 50-50 "Republican Control". Despite
the VP's role in ties, I'm not sure that that's as important as the
agreements in place to divvy up Committee Chairs. Plus, 51-50, would mean
that the GOP took a drubbing today, would mean that there may well be a few
savvy Republican Senators who wouldn't want to commit political suicide by
rubber-stamping the Executive Branch. I don't think, for example, that
they'd be able to hold the fillibuster hostage anymore.

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