Posted on 10/15/2006 7:49:07 PM PDT by nj26
Senior Republican leaders have concluded that Senator Mike DeWine of Ohio, a pivotal state in this year’s fierce midterm election battles, is likely to be heading for defeat and are moving to reduce financial support for his race and divert party money to other embattled Republican senators, party officials said.
The decision to effectively write off Mr. DeWine’s seat, after a series of internal Republican polls showed him falling behind his Democratic challenger, is part of a fluid series of choices by top leaders in both parties as they set the strategic framework of the campaign’s final three weeks, signaling, by where they are spending television money and other resources, the Senate and House races where they believe they have the best chances of success.
Republicans are now pinning their hopes of holding the Senate on three states — Missouri, Tennessee and, with Ohio off the table, probably Virginia — while trying to hold on to the House by pouring money into districts where Republicans have a strong historical or registration advantage, party officials said Sunday. Republicans also said they would run advertisements in New Jersey this week to test the vulnerability of Senator Robert Menendez, one of the few Democrats who appear endangered.
Senior national Republican strategists who had been briefed on decisions made during the party’s internal deliberations discussed the overall strategic thrusts but declined to provide specific dollar figures, saying that would give too much information to the Democrats.
The decision involving Mr. DeWine offers the most compelling evidence so far that Republicans are circling their wagons around a smaller group of races, effectively conceding some Senate and House seats with the goal of retaining at least a thin margin of control...
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Bingo! When he joined the litttle cabal regarding filibusters I lost all respect for him. However he did win the primary and now requires support, till the next primaries.
I see you are doing your best to put on the charade that the "news" the NYT prints is actually true.
So the NYT has started fixing races through media control and influence for this election. They usually start a little closer to the election. They must be worried.
So why then is Blackwell hurting more than DeWine who is the true RINO? Because Blackwell is Blackwell.
Dude, you're whining and moaning because people were saying what was obvious and needed to be said, that the Ohio GOP needed an overhaul. Sorry if that pissed off your RINO buddies but let's face it, they despised Blackwell already.
The real clue is to watch how much more money the National Republican Senatorial Committee sinks into Ohio. Their commercials are clearly identified. If you see a drop off in them then the story has basis in fact.
YES, but he still went wobbly on things, BUT he's a damn sight better than Sherrod Brown.
2) In fact, I'm hearing that across the board, the Republicans have oodles more cash than the Dems.
And, why does any "Republican leader" ever, ever, ever give any information to the NY Slimes?
It should be a policy: Anyone who talks to that newspaper is FIRED!!!
I just keep going back to this headline:
Bush, Rove 'Almost Inexplicably Upbeat' About GOP Prospects...
George and Karl have a way of being right about things like this. I just keep reminding myself that they have information that isn't being made available to us by the DBM.
Mark your calendar; Steele and Cardin will have their Senatorial debate on Meet the Press October 29. Should be good. Steele is quite the orator.
I've got to believe that many of Maryland's black population will "secretly" vote for Steele.
Whatcha think?
Have you seen this?
It's a NYTimes fabrication. The left once again trying to affect an election by posting garbage.
DeWine will win.
It was just an example.
I was pointing out that the MSM is not writing any articles about where democrat party officials are focusing their party dollars.
Only republicans and then only to spin as surrender. If the the enemy is finished you can stop shooting.
The MSM would have spun the allies leaving after ww ii as defeat.
You've got things completely backwards there. IF Blackwell loses, it will be because the 'erudite' Ohio establishment never really got behind him, not because his 'people' complained about it.
He's head and shoulders above Strickland in every single way, and he's the best thing to come along in Ohio politics in a very long time.......but the Blackwell people have had to fight the establishment because he's too far to the right. (Which is where YOU ought to be).
He should have had gung ho support from Columbus from day one. Thanks a bunch for your part in trying to throw him away.....
btw.........this is not to say that I have given up on his winning. It's still uphill but he can make it because he is EXACTLY what Ohio needs after Taft.
Regards, Ivan
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