Daschle - "We have a path to 51 seats." -

fromtheroots.org ^ | 02/04.04 | fromtheroots/ken

[KQQL]

the quote from Hotline is in the "Full Story" below.

Why Senate Dems ::

"At the beginning of the current Congress a year ago, there was a lot of skepticism that we could take back the Senate in 2004. We heard it not just from our friends in Labor, political pundits and donors, but also among ourselves."

A Democratic majority in '04 seemed "out of reach. Bush was strong, our presidential prospects were uncertain and our Senate candidates unknown."

Bush and Karl Rove envisioned their "Dream Team" of Senate recruits, including: Jennifer Dunn in WA; Mike Huckabee in AR; Ed Shafer in ND; Jim Gibbons in NV; Tommy Thompson in WI and Rudy Giuliani in NY.Not one of those races materialized. But with few exceptions, Republicans have failed in their recruiting efforts.

And where they have failed, we have exceeded expectations." Daschle singled out Tony Knowles in AK, Brad Carson in OK, Erskine Bowles in NC, Inez Tenenbaum in SC, Joe Hoeffel in PA and Nancy Farmer in MO. Daschle then proclaimed:

"We have a path to 51 seats." Daschle also noted that according to "polling available today, we lead in 7 of the 8 most competitive races of the cycle. ... If the elections were held today, we would be in the majority." [Hotline,2/2/04]

[princess leah]

So, little Tommy has thrown down the gauntlet, eh? I guess he's just not worried at all about those 5 seats in the south?

[Coop]

"We have a path to 51 seats."

I agree, Tommy...

... in the House.

[mwl1]

Thanks for post. Daschle is full of crap. His path is more likely to 43 or 44 seats, and he may lose his, too.

[Ingtar]

Good thing the elections are not held today in the middle of the Democrat - only media blitz.

[Doug Loss]

I understand that clicking your ruby slippers together three times will help you get to 51 too...

[TheGeezer]

If the elections were held today, we would be in the majority

Ah, but the elections aren't being held today...

[hilaryrhymeswithrich]

Hello....Georgia here Tommy...Zell may have voted like a Republican, but he wasn't counted in our numbers...say hello to the new REPUBLICAN Senator from Georgia!

[SGCOS]

Geez, take Daschle into the mens room at Madison Square Garden and look what he comes up with.

[mtbopfuyn]

That's it Tommy, no matter how blue you turn, keep holding your breath until November.

[Chi-townChief]

He's propbably counting on help from the "real conservatives" who will oppose the Republicans.

[petercooper]

More like your 49 seats turns into 44. Tommy boy is smoking crack.

[CasearianDaoist]

Well he is right to a degree about the recruitment efforts. We need to work on this. It will be a hard senate race this year.

[KQQL]

FL:
Castor 42% v Harris 37%
Castor 35% vMartinez, 32%
Castor 36% v McCollum 35%
Crist 41% v Castor 35%
http://www.wesh.com/politics/2664621/detail.html

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SC:
The poll showed none of the GOP candidates could decisively
beat Democratic candidate Inez Tenenbaum.
Beasley 45% v Tenenbaum 35%
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/sunnews/news/local/7465708.htm

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GA:
Isakson 37%
Collins 11%
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/1103/28pollsenate.html

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AK:
L.Murkowski 42.9% v T.Knowles 44.2% +Others 6.2%
Ivan Moore Research (11/16/03)

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OK:
Humphreys 41% v Brad Carson 38%
http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20031128-031930-3332r.htm

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NC:
Burr 43% v Bowles 37%
Bowles 45% v Blue 33%
http://newsobserver.com/news/story/2874015p-2650222c.html

Bowles 42% v Burr 31%
Blue 36% v Burr 33%
http://www.centredaily.com/mld/observer/news/editorial/7049463.htm

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LA:
John 37% v Vitter 31%
http://www.louisianaweekly.com/cgi-bin/weekly/news/articlegate.pl?20031222a


John 34% v Vitter 31%
.............
Ieyoub 28%
Vitter 15%
John 15%
Terrell 13%
http://www.2theadvocate.com/stories/121703/new_race001.shtml

A recent poll by Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates Inc. shows Republican David Vitter leading the race for US Senate with his Democratic rivals Chris John and John Kennedy tied for second place.
Vitter has 34 percent, John has 16 percent and Kennedy has 15 percent. Democrat Jim Bernhard polled 4 percent, and 31 percent of voters were undecided.
The poll of 502 likely voters was conducted from Jan. 22-24. It's margin of error is +/-4.4 percent. The poll was commissioned by the Kennedy Campaign.

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SD:

Daschle leads former Rep. John Thune 50%to 44%.
That compares with a 48-46 margin three months ago.

"One of four Republicans would not support John Thune in a Senate race.

Twenty percent of the Republicans feel Tom Daschle should be re-elected.

http://209.157.64.200/focus/f-news/1016796/posts

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MO:

Bond 52%
Farmer 35%
Undecided 13%
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/News/Election+2004/8B07E0C3BAB7553286256E2E001201D1?OpenDocument&Headline=Holden\\'s+perance+receives+thumbs+down+from+most+in+poll+

[churchillbuff]

He's got a point about the GOP having some recruiting failures. They're leaving Reid in Nevada essentially without an opponent --- outrageous. And Dunn ought to be running in Wash state.

[RWR8189]

What makes him think he is going to get reelected?

[KQQL]

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[anonymous_user]

Ri-i-i-ight. He wants South Dakotans to believe that he'd be the Great and Powerful Senate Majority Leader again, when in reality, he probably won't be kept on as minority leader after November.

[bigeasy_70118]

Daschle singled out Tony Knowles in AK, Brad Carson in OK, Erskine Bowles in NC, Inez Tenenbaum in SC, Joe Hoeffel in PA and Nancy Farmer in MO

W/ the exception of Knowles not a single candidate mentioned will be competitive.

[leprechaun9]

To little Tommy Dasshole: The only clear path to seats that I see for you and the Democraps is to the latrine!