[fieldmarshaldj]

I'm just a bit worried, because those boys need to get on the ball. It's one thing with Jim Leach to win on a dime or two, but our other fellas need to have a wee bit more, just to play it safe. BTW, it's not impossible for the Souder seat to go 'Rat, Indiana was notoriously overrepresented by Democrats in the '80s and '90s, and the seat was held by Jill Long after Dan Coats vacated it for the Senate.

[Torie]

The RNC in the past has poured lots of bucks into the Hostettler district to bail him out of his impecunious ways. But with so many leaks to plug in the dam in 2006, the $$$$$ for Hostettler might not be there in the way he was used to, particularly since some of recent votes have been off team Bush.

[AntiGuv]

There are two races where for now I'm ignoring strong fundraising on the part of challengers. One is Souder (IN-03) and the other is Democrat Carolyn Maloney's NY-14 district. I just think the incumbent-favoring partisan advantage of each district is too overwhelming for the challenges to be viable based on fundraising alone, and I've not seen further reason to expect competitive races in either.