Democrats on a roll in battle for U.S. Congress

Reuters ^ | Sept. 3, 2006 | John Whitesides

[frankensnake]

Reagan never had a GOP controlled house. He did have a GOP controlled Senate for some of his Presidency.

[Galactic Overlord-In-Chief]

I wish they'd throw us some more poll numbers in some of these races. They keeping saying Republicans like Chris Chocola, Thelma Drake, Steve Chabot, and Deborah Pryce are in trouble, but they don't show the polling. Not too long ago they were salivating over knocking off John Sweeney in New York, and the latest poll showed him up by twenty! Not to mention I haven't seen a single poll on the Clay Shaw race, which is supposedly ripe for Dem takeover, right? Bleh. Maybe I don't have the evidence these analysts have, but color me skeptical.

[hnj_00]

He did great on NBC- meet the press despite russert fawning over casey...russet's first book was "Big Luke" about his father....his second book should "big dickhead" an autobiography!!!

[Coop]

Apparently this author wrote this article 2-3 months ago and then pulled it out without fact checking the current environment. :-)

[Darkwolf377]

Reagan never had a GOP controlled house. He did have a GOP controlled Senate for some of his Presidency.

Yeah. My point was that he signed an amnesty bill into law. That's treason, as defined on this thread.

[Darkwolf377]

Also, you failed to rerad carefully:

A democrat-controlled Congress would hand President Bush ......Like they handed Ronald Reagan the amnesty he wanted?

Get it? They/they = Dem-controlled congress. I never mentioned or referenced Republican-controlled congress in my response.

[Dane]

Not to mention I haven't seen a single poll on the Clay Shaw race, which is supposedly ripe for Dem takeover, right? Bleh. Maybe I don't have the evidence these analysts have, but color me skeptical

And there is no poll data on the Irey/Murtha race.

[Old_Mil]

In parallel elections in 1980 and 2004, Republicans had a strong, optimistic, pro-America agenda that resonated with voters.

...and if they pay at the polls in November, it's because they will have failed to deliver on this message.

[freema]

Political office seems to be the only place they don't want to cut and run...hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[freema]

They're just putting a finger up in the air to see how "Let's Roll!" plays with the American Public.

[George W. Bush]

The stakes are high. I am not exaggerating, when I say, that our very lives may depend on it...

If this is all the GOP is offering us this fall, then we will lose.

A war on terror and the occupation of Iraq is not a successful domestic agenda. The GOP needs to cut programs and taxes and lower the intrusiveness of federal government into the business of state governments and citizens.

I think the article is far too optimistic about the Dims' chance of success. The country isn't that happy with Republicans. But they haven't yet actually seen the Dim candidates yet. And the Dims are a scary scary bunch when put under studio lighting.

[Galactic Overlord-In-Chief]

I think Novak said that race has become a tossup. If so, it wouldn't surprise me if the Democrats are trying to hide it from public view.

[Eagles Talon IV]

What gets me is that we constantly hear that due to the gerrymandering of the districts, it is all but impossible for an incumbent to lose. We also see time after time where, while folks are dissatisfied with Congress and want a change, THEIR Representative is doing a grand job and they are mostly happy with him/her (to the tune of 55-60%) So where does all this certainty come from? The left is hooked on polls and all they can come up with is the generic polls? What about actual House races? How do those polls match up to the rhetoric? Why aren't the loony libs publishing polls with real names attached to them?

Frankly, I am sticking by my call for gains in both Houses because I believe that the issue this Fall is national security. The left will try to make it something else but they cannot because if you are dead, nothing else matters.

The race is only now about to begin in earnest from the right. Meanwhile the left has already blown their entire game plan and made themselves look petty and foolish, not to mention weak on the nations security. What Rove needs to do, and I firmly believe he will, is exploit the weaknesses of the left on national security using the mega bytes of left wing verbal diarrhea available to him. They have the money and only need to spread the truth, using the Democrats own words and the loony left will again taste disappointment.

The seeds of the demise of the left, as a viable political Party were sown when one of their own, AL Gore, invented the Internet. LOL, talk about unintended consequences

[Heartofsong83]

My views on each of those races mentioned:

Allen: re-election by about 6 points
Burns: defeated due to scandals by about 5 points
Chafee: he will lose the primary and the GOP candidate will get demolished in the election by about 35 points
DeWine: re-election by about 2 points
Santorum: re-election by less than 1 point
Talent: re-election by about 5 points

Open TN seat: GOP hold by about 8 points

Cantwell: defeated by about 2 points due to third-party split
Menendez: re-election by about 7 points
Stabenow: re-election by about 3 points

Open MD seat: Dem hold by about 10 points
Open MN seat: GOP pickup by about 2 points

Swing in the Senate: GOP 55 (NC), Dem 43 (-1), Ind 2 (+1)

[Eagles Talon IV]

"...and lower the intrusiveness of federal government into the business of state governments and citizens."

Explain, please.

[Eagles Talon IV]

"I wish they'd throw us some more poll numbers in some of these races. They keeping saying Republicans like Chris Chocola, Thelma Drake, Steve Chabot, and Deborah Pryce are in trouble, but they don't show the polling."

In "libspeak", in trouble means that he is leading his Democratic opponent by less then 15 points.

[sully777]

I voted conservative in the primaries for the most part, but in one race I voted for the candidate that WILL win the seat for the GOP... he may be less conservative than candidate X but in Oklahoma that's still very conservative compared to blue state GOP candidates. I very happy with the Oklahoma GOP and look forward to their continued leadership in Washington.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

If it comes from Reuters, the opposite is true.

[Eagles Talon IV]

Be patient. The time is not now. What is said today will be forgotten by next week. The time to play in earnest and in a continuous and hard hitting way will about 6 weeks before election day.

The RNC running ads of the Democrats using their own words will do incalculable damage to the left. Just one example is Harry Reid's "We killed the Patriot Act" comment. There are many many more.

[kesg]

Where have I heard this before? Give me a second, Oh yea! in 2000, 2002, 2004.

And 1998 and 1996. This happens every election cycle like clockwork. [Note: 1994 was an exception year that so bad for the Rats that even the media couldn't fool anyone.]