Posted on 10/22/2006 5:17:58 PM PDT by YaYa123
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats hold solid leads for four of the six Republican seats they need to capture the Senate and about 10 of 15 required to win the House, according to officials in both parties. Numerous additional races remain highly competitive.
After two weeks of adverse publicity linked to the Mark Foley scandal, public and private polling suggested partial recovery for some endangered Republican incumbents, and senior party officials made a concerted effort to project confidence.
"By many measures, there are strong indications of a right-of-center base that is engaged and committed," party chairman Ken Mehlman said Friday in a memo written for public consumption.
The assertion was a response to independent polls that show disapproval of President Bush's policies, including on the Iraq war, and discontent with Congress have made Democrats more eager to vote on Nov. 7 than Republicans.
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Exactly....
As soon as I saw AP, I yawned and skipped to the comments. LOL
Exactly....
As soon as I saw AP, I yawned and skipped to the comments. LOL
Ohio voter here as well.
We may hold our noses but my entire family is voting straight ticket (R)
I don't believe a word of this, but I hope they keep it up along with all the Pelosi stuff as well.... this will ensure our side will turn out in droves.
I didn't say I was relying on the liberal talking heads (see my tag line.) The simple fact is that there are people ON OUR SIDE who have made very sobering assessments of the situation as well as people who are non-partisan who likewise predict moderate to serious losses for the GOP.
Now here's the fun read from Barron's/ Maybe it's got it's own thread somewhere, not sure,
http://polipundit.com/index.php?p=15559
No, I didn't see it but I hope the Corker Campaign can use some of the footage in their next commercial about Junior.
It looks from here that Corker has turned a corner in his pursuit of this Senate seat. What are you seeing in West Tennessee?
You'd think that the liberal antique media would do a hit piece on the racism of "yellow-dog democrats" by trying to shame them to vote for Junior. I guess they'll use this as the excuse in the post-mortem analysis of "what went wrong" for Junior.
While racism is an inherent quality for some in humankind, the RATs seem to have an inordinate share of it in their party, among the black and the white.
And we'll see whose research is "more correct" on election day.
And being on the ground in OH, just as I was in 2004 when people were freaking out about the "exit polls," I know that what the pollsters are reporting is WAY out of line with reality, and that the GOP will likely gain one seat, maybe two in the Senate. It's a little tougher in the House, where Taylor and DeLay are hurting us, but there are FIVE Dem incumbent pickups for us, and I think we'll end up with +1 there.
Not the people "on our side" who have the info. It's the same Washington-based pundits who always get it wrong.
Actually Ford has been stumbling lately. Did you see his embarrassing parking-lot confrontation with Corker? It looked desperate and amateurish -- a true jump-the-shark moment. The latest polls have Corker up by a good margin.
How do you see the Iowa House races? I think Lamberti should have a shot at taking out Boswell. We may even keep Nussle's seat.
On one of the other threads, someone pointed out that you didn't actually predict what you now claim to have predicted in one of the previous elections. Did you post an answer?
I have been reading your posts for a long time. I am not impressed with your incessant bragging and apparent belief that you have insights that all of the professionals do not. But say what you believe, and I will do the same. I still think the most likely scenario is that the GOP will lose about four Senate seats.
Ford is now way down at Tradesports. A huge fall since he pulled that stunt.
Don't know if the latest ads from Corker and the RNC are having any impact but they sure are funny. I posted the one from the RNC a couple days ago.
AP polls are almost as accurate as the 2004 exit polls.
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