Well, if they’d take my advice, which I’m sure they won’t and probably rightly so, my thinking is that (if the current outlook is holding), they should heavily concentrate on VA, NH, and CO and chain each of those Senate candidates to Sarah Palin while they do it. If they can help those candidates, we MIGHT be able to eke out a 1 seat net gain in the Senate or a push and have Lieberman move to R to give us the majority as a final f-u to Reid. Taking the house back is nearly impossible, but (again if the current climate holds) we can make a modest gain.
I think Gilmore is a good candidate who can beat Warner if we really get behind him. Same in CO. Sununu may be a lost cause, but we should go down fighting.
I’d be okay with the children running the house for 2 more years, while the adults can smack down their nonsense in the Senate. Plus, we can get some judicial nominees through.
Isn’t it funny that the guys we trust to smack down foreign enemies are so gutless with domestic ones that they actually lay down and take it when their sworn enemy tells them they’re going to lose? lol
Say hello to my little friend: The Gallup Poll.
GALLUP: Battle for Congress Suddenly Looks Competitive...
"The positive impact of the GOP convention on polling indicators of Republican strength is further seen in the operation of Gallup's "likely voter" model in this survey. Republicans, who are now much more enthused about the 2008 election than they were prior to the convention, show heightened interest in voting, and thus outscore Democrats in apparent likelihood to vote in November. As a result, Republican candidates now lead Democratic candidates among likely voters by 5 percentage points, 50% to 45%. If these numbers are sustained through Election Day -- a big if -- Republicans could be expected to regain control of the U.S. House of Representatives." I'm so giddy right now, I could pee myself. Granted, we still have ~6 weeks to go, but I'm starting to feel VERY good right now. Especially with the messiah having money troubles, the Left becoming unhinged (did you see Bahbwa's long face today ?), and Mac being competitve in States he would normally have no business being competitive in.
Absolutely agree on CO, VA, and NH; rear guard in OH.
Given the trends, it is possible that MI, PA, MN, OR, CO, NM could all shift to a tiny McCain lead just before election and give the facade of a large victory. But I have always agreed with you that it's going to be very close, and very close in every state.
The exception is, Obama won't friggin' shut up! And every time he talks, his numbers edge down a little more.