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Mitch McConnell: GOP May Regain Senate Majority
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Republicans are in position to hold on to their 49 seats in the upper house in the 2008 elections, and are targeting Democratic seats in several swing states. As to whether the GOP can actually succeed in regaining a majority in the Senate, the Kentucky legislator said: "Could we get it back? It would have to be a good day.” In an interview with the Washington, D.C.-based publication Roll Call, McConnell said he is concentrating his efforts on staving off potential Republican retirements, and targeting several presumably vulnerable Democratic seats, including Sen. Mary Landrieu in Louisiana and Sen. Tom Johnson in South Dakota. So far only one Republican is planning to retire after his current term ends, Sen. Wayne Allard of Colorado.
Story Continues Below "What I think is that it’s clearly possible that we stay roughly where we are,” said McConnell. The GOP lost six seats in the 2006 elections, and the Democrats now hold a 51-49 majority. That means Republicans need to pick up only two seats to regain the majority. Included in those 51 Democratic seats is the one held by Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, who ran as an independent but attends Democratic caucuses. Rumors persist that Lieberman could switch to the GOP if he is displeased with the Democrats’ moves on the Iraq war and other issues, according to Roll Call.
But when asked if he had spoken to Lieberman about switching, McConnell would say only: "If I had, with all due respect, I wouldn’t be telling you.”
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