The “Bailout” bill failed today

From the Politico:

Republican defections proved fatal to the massive government intervention, rejected 228-205. Despite bipartisan appeals from the leadership, anti-Wall Street sentiment and the huge scale of the proposed government intervention proved too much for Treasury to prevail.

Democrats more than delivered a majority of their caucus, and Pelosi held the vote open to bring her numbers up to 140 votes for the package. But Republicans never topped 70, and the final GOP split was 133 against the bill and only 65 for the measure.

Doesn’t this open the door for the Democrats to push through a bill they all like?  They sacrificed 95 votes in an attempt to attract Republicans.  In exchange, only 65 Republicans joined them.  If they don’t want a compromise, why don’t the Democrats just craft a plan they can pass, leaving it to President Bush to veto if he’d like?

Will the GOP win any of the targeted Senate races?

They are in trouble in North Carolina….

9-29-08: Hagan 46, Dole 38 (Note: This poll also has Obama beating McCain by 2. Is it an outlier, or is McCain in trouble too?)

They are in trouble in Oregon…

9-26-08: Merkley 45, Smith 40

They are in trouble in Colorado…

9-23-08: Udall 48, Schaffer 40

They are in trouble in New Mexico…

9-22-08: Udall 57, Pearce 37

New Hampshire is still a toss-up with numbers going back and forth…

9-22-08: Shaheen 48, Sununu 44

It would be hard to believe that the indicted Ted Stevens is not in trouble in Alaska…

9-19-08: Begich 50, Stevens 44

And in Virginia, you can’t really call it a targeted race, but it is one that is switching from GOP to Dem….

9-26-08: Warner 60, Gilmore 34

The Democrats would love to win 10 Senate seats. This is a near unheard of feat, but one that would give them 60 seats. This would require 3 more seats. Where will they come from?

Well, Minnesota is an option. One recent poll shows that Kentucky is a possibility. Where will the third come from? Nebraska? Maine? South Carolina? Alabama? Tennessee? Kansas? Georgia? None of these seem too likely at this point.

And a final note: The Democrats have one seat in danger, in Louisiana.