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What Might Have Been

by David Kurtz
06.15.10 | 1:48 pm

The GOP’s chances of taking control of the Senate in this year’s elections were never great, but just a few weeks ago they still had a chance. A slim chance, but a real chance. But the party’s nomination of weak candidates in key races has even Republicans conceding that they blew that opportunity.

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