# Obama ought to do a Truman

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-ought-to-do-a-truman/552737>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [September 6, 2010, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-ought-to-do-a-truman/552737 "2010-09-06T01:52:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-ought-to-do-a-truman/552737/41 "2010-09-13T19:56:03Z")

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> [@Cyberhwk](#):
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> Numbers are ugly for Senate Dems in 2012 as well with 21 Democrats up for re-election versus only 10 Republicans. And these Democratic seats are in states such as Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, and Ohio. Only GOP seats in play may be Scott Brown (MA) and Ensign (NV). Democrats need to win 2/3 of the races in 2012 just to **BREAK EVEN**! :eek:

Unless Mississippi has a third Senator I don’t know about can absolutely assure you that there is no Democratic Senate seat in Mississippi for the Democrats to lose.

-Joe

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**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-ought-to-do-a-truman/552737/42 "2010-09-15T19:50:29Z")

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> [@marshmallow](#):
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> > [@Chronos](#):
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> > As long as Obama (or another Democrat) holds the White House, he can just veto…
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> Unlikely.

Why do you think it is unlikely?

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