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Sunday, November 05, 2006
Biden predicts 50-50 Senate
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Sen. Joe Biden, D-Delaware, predicted Sunday that Democrats would pick up five seats on Tuesday bringing the chamber to a 50-50 split. "I'm not a very good prognosticator," Biden said in an interview on CBS' 'Face the Nation.' "If I had to bet, it ends up a 50-50 Senate." Under such a scenario, Vice President Cheney would cast the tie vote and allow Republicans to maintain control for the chamber. But Biden did leave himself some wiggle room saying "I'd be very surprised if the Democrats didn't get to 48 seats. And I wouldn't be stunned if they got to 52." -- CNN Political Editor Mark Preston |
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