Clinton and the the Magic Nine

Published October 3, 2007 3:31pm ET



Timothy P. Carney reports on Chuck Schumer’s plans for the 2008 Senate races here:

Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), in his second term running the Senate Democratic campaign, publicly expresses doubt about picking up an additional nine seats to achieve a filibuster-free Senate. But he has been soliciting popular Democratic governors from Oklahoma, Kansas and Wyoming to run against incumbent Republican Senators from those ‘red’ states–perhaps even to win the magic nine seats. The problem is that these governors do not relish running with Hillary Clinton at the top of the ticket.

This speaks to what Cardinal Richelieu said earlier today about Clinton’s coat-tails:

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