G.O.P. Widens Targets for Picking Up House Seats

New York Times ^ | October 11, 2010 | JEFF ZELENY

[ChildOfThe60s]

There is a reason the Democrats are trashing so many absentee military ballots in NY state.

What kind of country do we live in where a (unregistered) person can walk into a (Democrat run) polling place on election day and vote, while hundreds of thousands of military are denied the vote because Democrat run election boards deliberately delayed mailing absentee ballots???

I watched this happen in SW Florida in 2000. I had a Dem I know tell me outright he believed it was good because it helped Gore.

This is widespread and long running. In the past, in some countries, people have taken up arms over this type of cheating. Have America’s people become so complacent that they refuse to acknowledge this? They don’t care? Or are they afraid to admit it is happening because they would be forced to explain why they allow it to happen? A nation of liars and cowards. That’s what our military is defending.

[TNCMAXQ]

The House looks pretty good now but some Senate polls worry me. Bennet seems to be coming back in CO, that crook Giannoulias actually leads in IL, and Paul’s margin in KY is small. I saw a bit of his debate tonight on CSPAN and I don’t think he did that well. The other guy is much better on TV. Control will become that much harder if any of those seats are lost, but they can still be won.

[Galactic Overlord-In-Chief]

It’s wasted money to defend those freshmen flukes. Driehaus alone was one of those instant “buyers’ remorse” members who won solely due to depleted GOP turnout and high Black turnout in Cincinnati. I believe virtually every poll since after the ‘08 election had him behind the former (and now future) incumbent, Steve Chabot. As for Dahlkemper, I never understood how she beat Phil English in ‘08. That was a real off-the-radar fluke upset in a district that doesn’t even have that much of a Black population. I’m surprised English didn’t try to make a comeback.

English losing really surprised me. If it was 1996 or 1998 when he was a new congressman, it'd be understandable, but he had entrenched himself pretty solidly by then, or at least you wouldn't think he would be caught off guard. Actually, when I thumbed through the latest Almanac of American Politics, it turned out English's poll numbers had plunged, and the fact that he came so close to winning was in it of itself unexpected. I'm also surprised he didn't make a comeback.

[Recovering_Democrat]

? The jackass is the symbol of the Democrat party.
The elephant is the symbol of the Republicans.

[ansel12]

I don’t see the elephant, but if that red part is the elephant, then is that your political message just as we are voting and preparing to vote in 21 days in this wipe out of the Democrats, that you don’t want people to vote for Republicans?

[genghis]

could be 100 in the house and 12 in the senate
and 2012 will be much better for the pubbies

[Gumdrop]

I hope Randy Demmer can pull out a win over Tim Walz in Minnesota’s 1st District.
Go, Randy, Go!

[M-cubed]

lol...I'm with you!...If the Dems get thrashed bad, I'm guessing lots of us will be watching the alphabet networks just to see what form the wee-wee’d up MSM will go with....outrage?...tears?...whimpering?...the possibilities are endless!

Should be a great 1 nite form of entertainment
(they'll probably out do Fox that nite!)

[SweetWilliamsMom]

CNN? No, no. MSNBC will be far more fun! That network probably needs to have ambulances on call for its folks. A tickle up the leg is no major medical problem, but apoplexy is.

[SuziQ]

Just the fact that two seats in MA are at risk is astounding! ALL of our Congressional representatives, since 1996, have been Democrats, and they acted like it would always be so.

Too bad, so sad. ;o)