New York Times: Trent Lott Seat is in Play

There is a great article in Friday's New York Times about the Democratic Party's push to achieve a super-majority in the Senate. Currently the Dem's have a 51-49 advantage in large part to two Independents who caucus with them. We all know one of them is a Republican in waiting with our own Benedict Arnold, Joe Lieberman. If the Democrats can achieve a gain of 9 seats at the minimum, they can reach the magic number of 60, filibuster proof.

The article goes on to break down how this is possible and highlights the Mississippi race as a winnable by the Democrats.

Four Republican incumbents are potentially vulnerable because voters in their states increasingly identify with Democrats. They are John E. Sununu of New Hampshire, Norm Coleman of Minnesota, Gordon H. Smith of Oregon and Susan Collins of Maine. To get to 60, the Democrats would need to win the three open seats and these four, protect their incumbents and still pick up two seats in traditionally Republican states like Mississippi and Oklahoma.

In Mississippi, Ronnie Musgrove, a well-known former governor, is the Democratic candidate for the seat vacated by Trent Lott, who retired in December and was replaced by Roger Wicker, a lesser-known United States representative.

For a while this race was ignored by the MSM. Some of us were yelling loudly that there was a race to be had here. With Obama on the top of the ticket this race is more than winnable.