Posted on 05/21/2008 4:52:23 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
Just one week after Democrats picked up Sen. Roger Wicker's (R-Miss.) former House seat in northeast Mississippi, the party's Senate campaign committee released a new poll showing Wicker trailing former Gov. Ronnie Musgrove (D) in November's special election Senate race.
The poll shows Musgrove leading Wicker 48 to 40 percent in a head-to-head matchup. Musgrove holds a 57 percent favorability rating, while 30 percent of voters view him unfavorably. Wicker also sports high approval ratings, but is less known throughout the state - which is partially attributable for his polling deficit.
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This is a partisan poll, and thus an outlier to be taken with a grain of salt. But it still looks like this race will be more competitive than it was expected to be.
Who do I contact if I need to change my handle?
The Administrative Monitor may be able to help you, lol.
I don't think we'll actually lose North Carolina, Texas or Mississippi, but the fact is, the polls just aren't looking good for us and all these seats should be safe.
At this rate, you’d better change it to “Taking Congress back in 2080.”
Problem is, Musgrove has won statewide twice. He lost only the time he had an opponent far more popular than he. Wicker has won zero times statewide. This could end up as uncomfortable as when Congressman Mike Parker ran for Governor against Musgrove in 1999.
We could lose 11 seats:
Alaska - Stevens will lose if renominated
Colorado - Allard open, Moonbat Udall leading
Maine - Collins has a first tier Dem opponent
Minnesota - Coleman not out of the woods
Mississippi - Subject of this thread
New Hampshire - Sununu still trailing Shaheen
New Mexico - Another Udall likely to win
North Carolina - Dole’s challenger uncomfortably nearly tied with her
Oregon - Smith is weak in a moonbat state
Texas - Cornyn underpolling
Virginia - Mark Warner may waltz to victory over what should be a strong Republican
Even 3 others could potentially be a problem. In Kansas, Roberts is underpolling and in KY, McConnell may get a decent private-sector challenger who has money to spend. Nebraska has an open race that the rodents are going to try to grab, and sometimes races there are unpredictable and Dems have a nasty habit of performing in open seats far disproportionate to their numbers in the state.
We have a shot at precisely “1” rodent incumbent, and that’s Louisiana, and Landrieu is now leading Kennedy.
The Senate alone may end up a f’ing fiasco, and that’s before we even get to the House where I found at least 3 dozen+ seats at minimum that we could lose.
My guess is that Obama will help Musgrove in Mississippi. Obama’s obviously not going to win the state or even come particularly close, but Musgrove will win if he gets 90% of black and 20% of the white vote. Obama will drive black turnout much higher than it would otherwise be, and that will help downticket Dems like Musgrove.
In 2008, my guess is blacks turning out for Obama will make up 40% of the electorate and that spells trouble for Wicker.
And we need to stop pandering to the left and show some balls. The gutlessness of this party has reached epic proportions. As I asked awhile ago, where are our truth squads following the rodent leadership around every time they open their lying mouths ? When’s the last time we frequently saw Boehner and Roy Blunt going on the offensive on tv or elsewhere ? I NEVER see them at all. Leadership is AWOL. They need to be replaced completely until we find someone willing to stand up and fight and say, “This is what WE believe in, and we’re not compromising our values.”
GOP = Gutless Old Pussies.
We’re not going to keep Maine and Oregon, with the Godawful RINOs we’re running there.
With supposedly safe Senate seats becoming competitive, I nominate Mark Sanford to be Veep. Sanford could inspire Southern whites to come out for Republicans.
Well, the incumbent is still only an appointee. Musgrove lost reelection for Governor because he was running against a proverbial GOP rock star in Haley Barbour. He’s going to be able to exploit the current problems (the anti-GOP mood) to mount a very strong candidacy. We shouldn’t have lost Wicker’s seat, and if we could lose that, we can lose the Senate seat. It’s astonishing how much this year is starting to have the stench of 1958 (and in a situation without historic precedence, we could win the Presidency all the while suffering those potentially massive losses, most acutely in the Senate).
Sanford should be the #1 choice for VP, regardless (frankly, he ought to be the choice for President).
“We have a shot at precisely “1” rodent incumbent, and that’s Louisiana, and Landrieu is now leading Kennedy.”
That’s not entirely true. We have an outside shot in New Jersey, whre Frank Lautenburg is polling low approval ratings.
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