Posted on 10/20/2006 6:54:11 AM PDT by Ravi
INDIANAPOLIS - Democratic Rep. Julia Carson was in a close race three weeks before Election Day with an underfunded Republican challenger who has raised questions about her years of health problems, according to a new poll.
Carson, seeking her sixth term in the 7th District that includes most of Indianapolis, was the pick of 42 percent of those survey, but Republican Eric Dickerson had the support of 45 percent in the poll released Thursday by television station WTHR.
Thirteen percent said they were undecided or would vote for someone else. The poll had a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
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Good news.
I would so love to see Carson go down.
Indeed!
I hope we finally win in her dist, and take her seat away.
Another sign of doom for the GOP.
>>>I guess the democrats had better start digging up some dirt on his opponent
Heh... they really tried, but it backfired on Carson I think.
18 days left and I'm really feeling good. Victory is not certain but I think there is reason to be optimistic. God bless everyone in Indiana. You're making up for our mistakes in Maine.
Julia Carson is one of the DUMBEST in Congress.
No no no and no, there are no democrats in trouble, only Republicans. Republicans have already lost. No need to go to the polls and heck, you weren't going anyway if you were a conservative. You are angered by Foley beyond all reason. As for the rest of you, you now realize the Iraq is Vietnam and we are in the Great Depression Part II because there is a war on the middle class. So please, stop posting this fantasy about Republicans leading in any polls anywhere and pay the proper respect to Speaker Pelosi.
The polls are bogus---because they are all off by at least five in the direction of the Dem. This Carson person is toast. Another GOP pickup.
Eric Dickerson? Nahh...the running back?
Never heard of him.....is he black?
With outside shots in PA (Murtha) and WV (Mollahan) and maybe the most outside shot in Minnesota for Fine over Ellison (D-CAIR, Nation of Islam) but that is one rat infested district.
"Never heard of him.....is he black?"
Yes. He started out as a running back for the Rams before finishing up with the Indianapolis Colts.
Was a graduate from SMU.
Julia Carson is a nice lady, but she is not the sharpest knife in the drawer. Indiana can do better.
I've been guestimating on 12 GOP seats lost. Probably a few in the Northeast. I hear Foley's seat has become competitive, that's good. I read at free republic, forget the thread, that a gop congressman in Indiana was in trouble. The their is mess in Ohio and Ney's seat. Delay's seat. But if the GOP does pickup a few seats as you say, they should maintain control of the House.
I don't think Mollohan's seat is an outside shot at all. Republicans may actually pick up 4 or 5 Democrat seats in this election. Still possible for the Dems to pick up 20+ of ours though. But the steeper we can make that hill, the better. It really doesn't look like a huge Democrat wave, at any rate, or people like Julia Carson would not be in trouble.
I've been at net loss of 8 for a long time, I may revise it down to net loss 5 soon, if things hold up.
I've moved Reynolds (NY) back to retain R from goner.
I've moved the Foley seat from D to toss up.
Basically, I don't see many incumbents losing.
I do give dems an edge in the open seats like the ones in CO-7, and that seat in Iowa Nussle has vacated (that's a loss of 2 right there). And most of the Scandal seats might go the Dems way (Shewood in PA, Delays old seat, Taylor in NC, possibly Ney's in Ohio but that's not for sure).
I also know the Dems will throw everything they can into destroying Curt Weldon (PA) but he deserves our support.
If anyone every doubted how sick the liberals are this campaign season should have opened their eyes. Dirty trick after dirty trick. Maybe at first the Foley scandel turned off the base. But the democrats always overplay their hand. I think the tide has turned and our base is ready to go.
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