Democrats driving for 60 Senate seats

Filibuster-proof majority would have huge consequences if Obama wins

By Tom Curry
National affairs writer
MSNBC
updated 5:26 p.m. ET, Wed., Oct. 8, 2008
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WASHINGTON - Over a year ago, in August 2007, I went out on a limb and wrote that “it now looks possible that in next year’s elections the Democrats just might attain the 60 seats they need to foil Republican filibusters.â€