Chambliss' runoff election win in Georgia means the magic number of a sixty has been denied. Democrats were hoping for 60 seats in the Senate to be able to block any Republican filibuster. As of now the count will be 58 to 41 with Minnesota in recount. But with today's progressive political momentum; party caucusing, at least for Conservatives, may be weakening. Any progressive legislation grinding its way through the Senate that is halted by a Republican filibuster; Dems will only need to sway one maybe two Republicans to move a bill forward.
There are as many as seven Senators that many conservatives believe are RINOs (Republican in name only) that might not tow the (R) party line...
1. Olympia Snowe (R. Maine)
2. Susan Collins (R. Maine)
3. Gordon Smith (R. Ore.)
4. Arlen Specter,(R. Pa.)
5. Coleman, Norm, (R. Minn.)
6. Richard Lugar (R. Ind.)
7. George Voinovich (R. Ohio)
Reuters has the full story about the Georgia Senate runoff...
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN0152117620081203
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