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Can Any of These House Underdogs Survive? Stuart Rothenberg June 8, 2012 · 1:48 PM EDT Remember their names: Reps. Charles Bass (R-N.H.), John Barrow (D-Ga.), Bobby Schilling (R-Ill.), Jim Matheson (D-Utah) and Robert Dold (R-Ill.). If any of these five House incumbents survive, it will surprise most dispassionate observers (including some in their own parties). But upsets happen, and each of these candidates has a scenario for victory. Moments after Bass was declared the winner in November 2010, most political insiders figured he would be doomed in 2012. But considering his past electoral success, reports of his political demise...

It was a welcome and unexpected phone call for Ray McKinney. Earlier this week, the Republican nominee for the U.S. House 12th District seat got a call from Sarah Palin’s office telling him the former Alaskan governor and GOP vice-presidential nominee was endorsing his campaign. “We can count on Ray McKinney to be a strong, independent voice for Georgia’s 12th Congressional District,” Palin wrote on her Facebook page. “As Ray says, ‘If you like the way things are going now, vote for the other guy.’” For the complete story, see Friday's edition of the Effingham Herald.