[JohnnyZ]

It's something of a SoDak twin (voted almost 2:1 for Bush, GOP controls state legislature about 2:1), but the D's have managed to get hold of the entire federal delegation (Sen's Dorgan, Conrad, Rep Pomeroy) and have had success with the 'team' concept. NoDak has a GOP governor, John Hoeven, who's up for reelection in 2004.

The big issues in NoDak are farming and the stagnant non-farming economy, which results in the young folks moving away for jobs. Former Gov. Ed Schafer is unofficially running against Byron Dorgan in 2004.

[republicanwizard]

THANKS FOR THAT POLL! That is not so bad considering that it is where Johnson was in a worse position than Schafer is in now.

That race is winnable. What is going on in North Dakota and South Dakota is also happening in Minnesota. You have a group over 65 which was raised in the era of Roosevelt, Truman, and Humphrey. They voted heavily Democrat, but their children, and especially their grandchildren vote heavily Republican. Within 10 years, those four Senate seats should be ours!

Perhaps within two years, we shall have half our work completed.