Comments on: The Senate Forecast: Place Your Bets, Please

By: George A. 10.5

George A. 10.5 — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 21:35:15 +0000

Charlie wins the shirt, right? I was pretty darn close though. And I have a witness to attest that I came very close to predicting that Reid would win. I really wanted that shirt… oh well. THE GIANTS PREDICTION WAS RIGHT!!!!

By: Josh Pincus

Josh Pincus — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 01:07:21 +0000

I have the GOP picking up 7 seats, so that the Senate goes to 52-48
1. ND: Hoeven beats Potter
2. AR: Lincoln loses to Boozman
3. IN: Coats beats Ellsworth
4. WI: Feingold loses to Johnson
5. PA: Toomey defeats Sestak
6. NV: Angle defeats Reid
7. IL: Giannoulias beats Kirk
8. CO: Bennet holds his seat against Buck
9. WV: Manchin beats Raese
10. WA: Murray loses to Rossi
11. CA: Boxer edges out Fiorina
12. FL: Rubio beats Crist and Meek
13. CT: Blumenthal wins Connecticut
14. NH: Ayotte defeats Hodes
15. AK: Miller beats Murkowski, but only after a lengthy recount.

By: Owen Witek

Owen Witek — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 20:22:17 +0000

I’ll go with Dems retain control at 53-47. Colorado and Illinois swing to Bennet and Giannoulias and they keep California, Washington, and West Virginia. Unfortunately Reid will lose in Nevada.

By: Chris Abbott

Chris Abbott — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 01:31:48 +0000

I think its going to be a very interesting night/early morning and I’m bummed I won’t be able to hear Professor Dickinson doing his election talk, which of course I assume he’s doing. Perhaps you could webcast it? Anyways, I’m going to go with a gut feeling and say, 50-50. Although, I do like Peter’s thoughts on how things will run in the Senate. In the end, I feel little will change unless the Dems somehow find away to go down 49-51 (which certainly is possible with the way they’ve played lately.) The tides are rapidly changing – the economic downturn/recession is a huge “X” factor that is hard to judge.

By: Will Loubier

Will Loubier — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 18:51:06 +0000

I’m kind of late so I’ll have to go with the following bet:
51(Republicans) – 49 (Democrats)

(Previous comments have filled up the other ‘slots’).