Thanks for the CQPolitics link of the House Seats that are safe and those that are in play or potentially in play: We definitely need a reference like this to help cut our list down to the truly vulnerable. We cannot just include people we would like to see voted out of office.
Note: Your link is broken but THIS ONE works.
Question for you: CAN WE TRUST CQPolitics.com? If not, is there a more trusted alternative?
I'm going to assume we can because I have to get to the heart of the issue. We need 40 D's or vacancies replaced by 40 R's to take back the House. So our list has to have our best estimate of 50 or so seats that need to be taken from the Dems. Plus there are a few Republicans that may be at risk that probably should be on the list.
The goal here is to identify good conservative WINNING CANDIDATES and to give them our support, financial and otherwise.
CQ Politics leans left, so I am told, so their tallies of GOP gains may be more conservative than other websites.
Apparently, Greta has folks from CQ on her show and they dis the GOP and spout DEM talking points. That’s what I’ve read form other FReepers.
No problem posting what CQ has, but it would be good to balance it with a right leaning site. Something from Michael Barone would have integrity.
This looks like a conservative leaning site, but I don’t know anything about it - just found it. It seems more optimistic to me than CQ, but not overly so - http://www.electionprojection.com/index.php. It’s important to be realistic and hope, but not count on there being a huge swing. It may take a few election cycles to get the job done, but that’s okay. Democrats think and plan for the long term and we need to start doing it as well.
You’re getting great input for your chart. The input on the best candidates from FReepers is great, esp. when you get two or more agreeing on one candidate.
This is going to be a great resource.