Conservatives Will Kick Butt in 2012 Senate Race

Dick Morris alluded to it in a recent column titled, "2012 Bad Time to Be a Democrat" and his rationale was brilliant.

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Barring any sudden infliction of "bone-headed-ness" in the House of Representatives on the part of the GOP; a not-unheard-of-before malady that strikes at the hearts of the 'act before you think' crowd of the old guard of the Republican Party that campaigns as conservatives and then when elected proceeds with this metamorphosis of becoming liberals for whatever reason they usually can't remember; the entire Congress should be solidly in conservative hands, possibly for the lifetimes of any one of us present today. Although as Morris intimates, even with a continued majority following the November 2, elections, slim though it may be, Harry Reid is of the opinion that he and his party are invincible as the GOP resurgence washed up against the massive Democratic fortresses in Nevada, Washington state, Colorado, and California and "they neither toppled or faltered." This stand of western ultra liberal Democrat states temporarily emboldened their party and conservatives had thoughts of a divided Congress forever at war. But as Morris goes on to explain, "The vote on the extension of the Bush tax cuts reveals that the Republican Party has, in fact, gained effective control of the U.S. Senate." His reasoning is simple: Though Reid has a 3-vote majority and can still count on some traditional RINO turncoat support from the likes of Maine's Senator Collins who is not up for reelection until 2014 and a possible few others who will not be returning in 2012 due to retirement or defeat at the polls, there are several other Democrats who got the message in 2010 and are on thin ice for their reelection in 2012 who will likely heed the message of 2010. Ah, but the conservative palates water heavily on thoughts of the potential avalanche of liberal Democrats that could be shot out of the saddle in 2012. Some of the key Democrat candidates to watch how they vote the next two years, and Morris agrees, are Lieberman, CT; Nelson, NE; Webb, VA; and Manchin, WV; all of whom are up for reelection in 2012. These four current Democrats, with the exception of Lieberman, are from states that are considered as red Republican states, and minding the voters' desires will be uppermost in their minds for the next two years. Additional Democratic Senators who will be running for reelection in 2012 are, the other Nelson (Bill), FL; Tester, MT; McCaskill, MO; and Casey; PA. There exists another possibility of a race, but currently Senator Kent Conrad, ND has indicated retirement over reelection. All eight mentioned above are in potentially very close races for reelection; nine, if Conrad chooses to run; and the potential for a sweep by conservative candidates is an excellent reality. The balance of Democrat candidates running for reelection could also meet with stiff opposition from both conservative candidates and the general public attitudes away from socio-liberalism. These candidates are current Senators Sherrod Brown, OH; Stabenow, MI; Menendez, NJ; Bingaman, NM; and Kohl, WI. While these seats are in previously so-called "safe" states for liberals, there have been some unusually surprising upsets over the past two years where the Democrats have seen unexpected losses to conservatives in Ohio, Michigan, New Jersey, New Mexico and Wisconsin. While all of this relatively good news for the conservatives is being received from the liberal Democratic races for reelection, there are also ten Republicans running for election, and their numbers are not exactly "safe" either. Several of these Republicans have been knocking on the doors for membership in the RINO category of unfavorables and may experience difficulties in their own primaries against conservative TEA Party candidates. It is not expected that these candidates, if nominated in their primaries, would have great problems against a liberal Democrat opponent, but quite a few of the ten can expect some lively and highly competitive action from new conservatives in those primaries. Some, already have been dubbed with the "RINO" tab by their fellow conservatives; Lugar, IN; Snowe, ME; Brown, MA; Hutchison, TX; and Hatch, UT. But the quality of the TEA Party candidates that have made the scene recently brings assurances that there will be more of the same providing some spirited contests for those Senate seats in 2012. Maybe we can put an end to RINOs in the conservative political scene in politics.