Reuters: If the winds blow the way Sen. Jeff Bingaman is predicting, it will mean Congress has the fortitude, gumption–and most importantly the Republican votes–to make a 15 percent renewable electricity standard a reality during the lame-duck session after the midterm election. Though the New Mexico Democrat was flanked by just one Republican co-sponsor, Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas, when he announced the introduction of the measure at the U.S. Capitol Tuesday afternoon, he told reporters he …