Pombo leaked some confidential prosector stuff on the House floor for an Abramoff client who gave him money to interfere with the effect of interfering with the investigation of same. So I read in the Wall Street Journal. Maybe the Dems were asleep at the switch.
Oh! I did not know that. I rather doubt the Dems were asleep at the switch on that one. Just because I didn't know about it hardly indicates that. LOL
Hmm. Lemme go read up on that. I'll let you know in a few if I'm moving Pombo.
Yep, I've moved Pombo to #22, and would move him higher if not for his substantial money advantage as of Dec 31.
Lean Democratic
1 (IA-01) Nussle*
2 (OH-18) Ney
3 (CO-07) Beauprez*
4 (PA-06) Gerlach
5 (TX-22) DeLay
Toss Up
6 (AZ-08) Kolbe*
7 (NM-01) Wilson
8 (IN-08) Hostettler
9 (IN-09) Sodrel
10 (WI-08) Green*
11 (WA-08) Reichert
12 (CT-04) Shays
Lean Republican
13 (MN-06) Kennedy*
14 (PA-08) Fitzpatrick
15 (IL-06) Hyde*
16 (CT-02) Simmons
17 (FL-22) Shaw
18 (OH-15) Pryce
19 (CA-50) Cunningham*
20 (KY-04) Davis
21 (NC-11) Taylor
22 (CA-11) Pombo
23 (FL-09) Bilirakis*
PS. It's worth noting which of the above ratings I'm most ambivalent about. I wonder whether I have both Shays & Simmons too low. I think I may have the open Cunningham seat too low.
I am extremely ambivalent about the Davis seat (KY-04). My impulse is to rate it lower, but a partisan Dem poll gave Lucas a 10% lead, which would actually suggest to me that it's about even, in which case I have it too low rather than too high. So, who really knows? Not me..
And I'm very close to moving the open Bilirakis seat to Likely rather than Lean.