Posted on 10/29/2008 4:41:44 AM PDT by careyb
Sen. John McCain's struggles in a number of reliably Republican regions of the country are further complicating the already tenuous reelection prospects of some congressional Republicans, according to strategists in both parties and independent analysts.
Particularly difficult for Republican prospects is that McCain appears to be trailing badly in several moderate suburban districts across the Midwest and New England, while he is doing worse than President Bush did in rural conservative districts.
Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.), chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, told MSNBC this week that "there's no question the top of the ticket is affecting our Senate races and it's making it a lot more difficult."
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), in a fundraising appeal to supporters yesterday, conceded that a win by Sen. Barack Obama "is a real possibility" as he argued that he should be reelected to check Democratic "domination of the public debate."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
they better get on their knees and thank Srah Palin then.
I voted yesterday and this is the first time I’ve gone with a straight ticket. I refuse to give the RATS any more power.
“Sen. John McCain’s struggles in a number of reliably Republican regions of the country are further complicating the already tenuous reelection prospects of some congressional Republicans, according to strategists in both parties and independent analysts.”
So naturally the amazing surge McCain is seeing in this last week will translate as well?
Thanks, I needed something positive this morning! ;-)
McCain/Palin ‘08!
wow the post is really getting some kinda scoop. Are they really telling me that McConnell conceded in a fundraising letter that 0bama could maybe possibly win a a race between 2 people? Wow that is hard core journalism right there buddy.
As usual, the Post is a day late and hopefully many dollars short.
The dirty little secret is that McCain is surging, BO is hemoragging votes, and our Senate incumbents are firming.
Another dirty little secret is that they’re using the same crazy turnout ideas for the polls on the downticket races too...
If we turn out, we can put a damper on a lot of their plans...
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