Well, this sucks. Yes, he was an obstructionist asshole and many of his votes were real howlers, but without him, Biden wouldn’t have had ANY majority in the Senate during his first two years.
Given how wretched the Senate map is for Dems, I’m extremely pessimistic about them holding the Senate in 2024. None of the GOP seats look flippable, and the Dems now have to hold every battleground state (Montana, Ohio, etc.).
They can still keep control. But with the loss of West Virginia, they have to win re-election for: Tester in Montana, Brown in Ohio, Casey in Pennsylvania, and keep Sinema’s seat in Arizona and the retiring Stabenow’s seat in Michigan.
Well, this sucks. Yes, he was an obstructionist asshole and many of his votes were real howlers, but without him, Biden wouldn’t have had ANY majority in the Senate during his first two years.
Given how wretched the Senate map is for Dems, I’m extremely pessimistic about them holding the Senate in 2024. None of the GOP seats look flippable, and the Dems now have to hold every battleground state (Montana, Ohio, etc.).
Democrats have a 51-49 majority in the Senate.
They can still keep control. But with the loss of West Virginia, they have to win re-election for: Tester in Montana, Brown in Ohio, Casey in Pennsylvania, and keep Sinema’s seat in Arizona and the retiring Stabenow’s seat in Michigan.
It will be tough. But it’s doable.
Michigan is probably their easiest state, it’s been going left for awhile now and is probably the most left leaning Midwest state of all lol