Democrats Dream About a 60-Vote Majority

By John Stanton
Roll Call Staff

September 22, 2008

It’s every Republican’s worst nightmare — waking up Nov. 5 to the horror of a House stocked with fresh new Democratic recruits to pad Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) control of the chamber and, even worse, a Senate under the control of 60-Member-strong Democratic majority.

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