Posted on 11/08/2006 8:09:06 PM PST by do the dhue
KOKOMO, Ind. (AP) -- The Democratic challengers considered most likely to unseat incumbent Republican congressmen in Indiana next month are all running as conservatives.
Former Congressman Baron Hill's Web site mentions "My Faith in God," "The Sanctity of Marriage," and opposition to late-term abortions.
Joe Donnelly says he opposes abortion and wants no part of a mandated troop withdrawal from Iraq.
Vanderburgh County Sheriff Brad Ellsworth campaigns on his career in law enforcement and appears on his Web site carrying a hunting rifle.
Ellsworth is running against incumbent John Hostettler in the Eighth District, Donnelly against Chris Chocola in the Second District and Hill against Mike Sodrel in the Ninth District.
The three Democrats have benefited from more than $3.5 million from the Democratic campaign committee, most of it in commercials attacking their rivals, yet say they are not Washington insiders.
And neither Donnelly nor Ellsworth will say how he would vote when it comes time to elect a Speaker -- sure evidence that Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of California is not viewed as a political asset.
They don't care ~ if they want campaign funds next time they'll vote with the Nancy woman.
Pelosi and schumer used the these new candidates to get power.
There is zero shift in direction. The dems will have very liberal chairmen like conyers, rangel, barney frank.
The difference is the dem districts punish moderate dems for having an r next to their name while gop districts get played by schumer and pelosi.
I can guarantee you that there is no change in ideology.
What makes the heath schuler's of the world so dangerous is they put ultra liberals like pelosi and conyers in power.
Dems voters care far more about winning. Look at all the dems that won in red districts. New Jersey always rejects gop at state level because dems play to win to further their leftist agenda.
Look at montana they threw away and say over judges. They either don't care that ted kennedy will tie up all the judges in committee or don't pay attention to it. Dems areas are far more movivated.
This new set up is a disaster you will get no funding for the new border fence.
The gop congress blocked bush's amnesty so the payback was to get a dem congress that will work with bush for amnesty.
What makes the new dems so scary is they are so young and they will keep pelosi in power for a decade at least.
Dems don't even change chairmen. Gop had term limits.
There is also the media affect. The liberal media went all out after george allen to get back the senate. They knew they needed his seat.
There is only so much you can do when the media takes sides.
The thoughts of this, especially after this election makes my blood boil!!!!! If this is going to happen I would just rather them toss him out of office first. We now effectively have a liberal democrat congress with a moderate republican in the white house. This is going to be a rough two years for the conservatives.
His commercials were very nasty, very mean, hit below the belt with many of his 'half-truths'--and made it perfectly clear he is a hard-core liberal.
The loss of Indiana's (historically Red state) three seats shows a trend toward the blue--as Indiana continues to lose manufacturing jobs--just like Ohio, Michigan and Pennsylvania.
You're preaching to the choir. I sure hope Congressman Billybob gets the Republican nomination in 2008 to knock off Heath Schuler.
What do you mean
Well the midwest is losing jobs.. Myself is leaving Illinois soon.. I have no reason to stay here...
I'm afraid you really don't know how evil the Democrats are.
This trend toward the blue--is going to make it increasing difficult for Republicans in the future--as you will be able to add the Midwest (Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania) to the list of SOLID BLUE states like California and New York.
Now I haven't add up the electoral votes I have just listed--but it's an incredible number to SPOT the democrats before you even start.
IMO, it's payback time. Take several pages out of the Liberal play book and use the same tactics on them.
Not only that, but the conservatives in Indiana are now living in Florida, Arizona, and Nevada.
On the one hand it's good to know that many more people are getting the conservative message. On the other hand wolves in sheep's clothing can fool the public.
Agreed.
If the jobs are gone, the people will leave those states. The state's populations will go down and the states will lose electoral votes.
There is no question that Mitch Daniels' unpopularity hurt Chris Chocola. That certainly was a factor--as was the sale of the Toll Road, again Mitch Daniels which was unbelievably unpopular--and Chocola had nothing to do with it).
Although those were major factors, the loss of manufacturing jobs and the Iraq War were right up there too.
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