So it’s been reported today in the New York Times that Senator Dodd will not seek reelection come this november in his home state of Connecticut.  If you have been living under a rock let me tell you that Senator Dodd has been one of the most outspoken Senators in this healthcare debate, and from what I’m seeing his outspokenness has caused his popularity rating to go down.  According to this article the Democrats are actually relieved that Dodd is moving aside for a more popular Democratic candidate.  The Democrats have a very tenuous 60 votes in the senate, also known as a Supermajority, and are very keen on keeping that.  A supermajority is when one party holds 2/3rds or  more votes in the senate allowing for all debate to stop.   Given this there are a few key states that the Democrats are asking other senators to either step aside or are concentrating on Arkansaw, Colorado, Nevada, and Pennsylvania.  So this mid-term election will be interesting to see how everything plays out.

Related articles

• Obama Debunks the Myth that He had a Supermajority in Congress for Two Years (politicususa.com)
• Georgia GOP wants ‘supermajority’ at the Capitol – Atlanta Journal Constitution (ajc.com)
• California state Democrats eye veto-proof supermajority (reuters.com)
• Republicans Gain Supermajority In Tennessee House & Senate (wreg.com)
• Republicans May Lose Texas House Supermajority (houston.cbslocal.com)
• Wash. voters leaning toward supermajority (kxly.com)
• Republicans lose supermajority in Texas House (woai.com)
• Election will decide if Democrats get supermajority in state Senate (latimesblogs.latimes.com)
• Indiana GOP aiming for House supermajority (csmonitor.com)
• Republicans lose supermajority in Texas House (click2houston.com)

 

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