Adam Nagourney, a reporter for The New York Times and co-author of "Out for Good: The Struggle to Build a Gay Civil Rights Movement in America"
Posted on 11/04/2006 9:52:24 PM PST by pissant
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 — The battle for Congress rolled into a climactic final weekend with Republican Party leaders saying the best outcome they could foresee was losing 12 seats in the House, but that they were increasingly resigned to losing at least 15 and therefore control of the House to Democrats for the first time in 12 years.
Democrats and Republicans said the battle over the Senate had grown fluid going into the final hours before the election Tuesday. Democrats said they thought they were almost certain to gain four or five seats and still had a shot at the six they need to take control. Republicans were pouring money into Senate races in Michigan and Maryland this weekend to take advantage of what they described as last-minute opportunities, however slight, in states currently held by Democrats.
Party strategists on both sides, speaking in interviews after they had finished doing their last polls and making their final purchases of television time, said they were running advertisements in more than 50 Congressional districts this weekend, far more than anyone thought would be in play at this stage.
Nearly all of those seats are held by Republicans, underscoring the degree to which President Bush and his party have been forced onto the defensive two years after Mr. Bush claimed that his re-election had given him the political capital to carry out an ambitious domestic and foreign agenda.
As the final weekend began, the two parties made their final tactical moves as their candidates sparred over the war, the economy, corruption and competence and elaborate get-out-the-vote efforts campaigns were rolled out. At stake was not just control of the House and Senate, but potentially the course of the Bush presidency in its last two years and in particular the debate over how ..
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But by all means, don't dare show the pictures of the military humorously slamming Traitor Kerry.
I can't wait until Wed.!
Lets just hope the article is wrong. This election will be very tight. I don't think its a foregone conclusion by any means that we hold the House. The Senate is safe IMO but the House is going to be very, very, very close. Its all down to GOTV now. I'm going to be canvassing the next two days and I hope a lot of others on here will be working hard too. This election is a fight.
Is this the "Sinday issue of the Slimes?"
I so want to read about our GOP victory on Wednesday.
these are actually not "blowout" numbers they are predicting here, 12-15 seats. a Dem majority of <10 seats (for example), would mean the blue dogs controlled the House.
Me neither. My goal in for the next 5 years will be to expose and sink the MSM completely, bring them to their g'damn knees, as the traitors that they are.
This place is gonna be rockin'!
Adam Nagourney, a reporter for The New York Times and co-author of "Out for Good: The Struggle to Build a Gay Civil Rights Movement in America"
You're right!
FNC is replaying the show devoted to "Obsession" right now.
Perfect timing!!!
Good catch.
That guy looks the whack-a-mole!
The Nation: Democrats Entangled; So What Happened in That Election, Anyhow?
January 2, 2005, Sunday
By ADAM NAGOURNEY (NYT)
Good chance, considering the source.
Trust me, its wrong.
Not sure, I never buy the rag.
Pbbbbt. Never underestimate the power of incumbency.
Adam Nagourney Cheers on the Democrats
Posted by: Clay Waters
5/22/2006 11:41:47 AM
Chief political reporter Adam Nagourney, who was quite reluctant to see good signs for eventual presidential winner George Bush during the 2004 campaign, suddenly sees good news all over the place for Congressional Democrats in 2006.
The Times puts Nagourney’s pro-Democratic optimism on the front page Sunday ("In Races for House, More Seats Appear Vulnerable for G.O.P").
http://tinyurl.com/y6x252
And less than historic norms, BTW
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