Oklahoma's Jim Inhofe predicts GOP will take over Senate

Inhofe tells the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber that voters will sweep Republican senators into office after undergoing the "shock treatment" given the nation's economy through policies enacted by the president and fellow Democrats.

 
BY MICHAEL MCNUTT | Published: August 27, 2010    Comment on this article Leave a comment

Voters will respond to the "shock treatment" given by the president's national economic policies by sweeping in enough Republicans in November to take over the U.S. Senate, Oklahoma's senior U.S. senator said Thursday.

photo - Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Tulsa, talks with individuals after speaking at a Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce breakfast in Oklahoma City Thursday, August 26, 2010. Photo by Paul B. Southerland, The Oklahoman ORG XMIT: KOD
Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Tulsa, talks with individuals after speaking at a Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce breakfast in Oklahoma City Thursday, August 26, 2010. Photo by Paul B. Southerland, The Oklahoman ORG XMIT: KOD

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"Every institution that made America great happens to be under attack today," U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe told members of the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber during a breakfast at the Oklahoma City Marriott. "Maybe America needed a shock treatment, and we got a shock treatment. ... I will predict the shock treatment will precipitate in a really great renaissance in the free enterprise system."

Inhofe, R-Tulsa, said he expects Republicans could pick up as many as 13 seats in the Nov. 2 general elections to gain control. He listed off potential wins in Arkansas, Colorado, California, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Washington, Wisconsin, North Dakota, Connecticut and Oregon. Republicans need to pick up at least 10 seats to be in the majority; 34 seats are up for election. The Senate is made up of 57 Democrats, 41 Republicans and two independents who caucus with the Democrats.

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