Comments on: Sabato: Democrats Likely to Lose 23-41 House Seats Next Year

By: bk

bk — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:52:25 +0000

As we saw in one of the earlier contested votes, one person said he or she was told to name their price in what it would take in money poured into their district to get them to vote the “right” way. We are going to see this next year except orders of magnitudes higher. There is more than $650B of stimulus money just waiting to be doled out.

By: lynnbo

lynnbo — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:19:06 +0000

how do you watch out for this in 2010?

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 06:37:53 +0000

and still waiting to hear who will run against McNerney. I have a meeting next week that may provide some intel, lol. I heard there are two possibilities, pretty weak I know.

By: proudgop

proudgop — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:52:31 +0000

any news on taking out Salazar Co, Rodriquez Tx ( Bonnilla run again?), Adler NJ, Braley IA, Ross AR, Synder AR, Cooper TN, Tanner TN, Shuler NC??

they should all be on list too

By: proudgop

proudgop — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:45:17 +0000

Any cnahce the mayor of Waco would run?

she would be very tough opponent for him

By: Brian Hibbert

Brian Hibbert — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 14:37:37 +0000

He’s for cap and raid.
He’s pro-abortion.
He’s basically a liberal with an R after his name.

You say he’s not as bad as Specter, but he’s shown all the signs of using Specter as a model for his own voting pattern.

No, I’d rather have someone who at least gives lip service to the Republican platform on the ballot. Otherwise it’s a choice between a far left D and a left of center R. So yes, I’ll support him in the general, but I’ll work to defeat him in the primary. We don’t need to concede states to the left, just because of incorrect perceptions. Illinois votes D because of some past issues with state government, mostly the memory of Gov. Ryan’s corruption and our party has put up some less than desirable candidates in response. Kirk is a less than desirable candidate.

By: bk

bk — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 10:58:16 +0000

There will be tens of billions of “stimulus” money lying around next year just waiting to be turned into projects in any tightly-contested districts. We’re going to see people like Axelrod and Rahm doling it out as if it were political contributions … which is exactly what it will be, except that it’s courtesy of us taxpayers.

By: bk

bk — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 10:53:44 +0000

so ACORN can still gin up plenty of Dem voters next year.

By: harvey

harvey — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 10:17:10 +0000

The time has came for them to choose their words and actions very carefully.Every time they grt in a good position they seem to find some one in the party to screw up real bad.If

By: ohiohistorian

ohiohistorian — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 00:30:26 +0000

There was a comment in 2006 that the House has never changed parties unless the Senate also does. I cannot see the Senate being able to change parties, which I think means that the House will not either.

By: lynnsmith

lynnsmith — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 00:18:37 +0000

there are over 207 million who are eligible to vote and of those, only about 170 million were registered voters in 2008 but only about 122 million actually voted. We have all dropped the ball when it comes to working for who ever we are backing in elections. If those of us on the right had been as diligent as the mutts on the left and had gotten out there and fought for our candidate we might have stirred up that 10 mil votes that McCain needed to win. Did I say McCain? Yes I did. Many felt as I did that McCain was too old and to politically waffling and weak to be president but he at least would have had a VP with grit. And if we want to win back in Congress we need to get out and work for our candidates. It is voter apathy that has given those mutts in Congress the message that no one was watching them!!

“I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.” Nathan Hale, September 22, 1776
Lynda

By: Rod_Patrick

Rod_Patrick — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 06:31:50 +0000

for the correction. Yes. NRCC it is.

To clarify my points on the incumbents:

I’m only referring to the Old RINOs who have been too “accommodating” of the Democrats’ proposals for the sake of bipartisanship, And probably to some extent, those with well-established names but generally untrustworthy such as Crist.

By: Erick Brockway

Erick Brockway — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:08:50 +0000

Instead of the Ross Perot pie charts we’d have the circles and arrows in yellow on a monitor screen.

By: redtillimdead

redtillimdead — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:46:00 +0000

No one else will have money to win. Kirk voted for cap and trade. Sure, not exactly a model conservative, but not NEARLY as bad as Specter! What the people of RS don’t understand is that we need to make a choice sometimes. Would we rather have the liberal Democrat or moderate Republican? The Conservative Republican will not win in Obama’s home state. Just because someone isn’t perfectly conservative, doesn’t mean we can’t support them.

By: Moe Lane

Moe Lane — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:50:40 +0000

Particularly the Blue-in-Red seats.

By: penguin2

penguin2 — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:47:03 +0000

are likely much higher. He is a strong liberal Democrat in charge of the Center for Politics at UVA. I’ve always thought him to be one of the more tolerable guests on FOX, because he does try to present objective data, and he isn’t often off the mark, even though his Dem slant shows through. At least that was the way I saw his predictions and outcome of the past election cycle.

These numbers from him, say he must be very concerned. IMO, he would not ever present them if they were not the minimum. A Dem like him will portray the minimum damage but still has to maintain his credibility. So there may well be more than meets the eye. He doesn’t have to report all of the bad news for his side.

By: Neil Stevens

Neil Stevens — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:16:59 +0000

Namecalling is for the left only.

We *really* don’t want to see any more of this stuff directed at our side please?

By: IJB

IJB — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:01:20 +0000

By: dclamage

dclamage — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:46:13 +0000

In order to make big gains in Congress, Republicans must have viable candidates for every contested seat.

In order to make big gains in the state legislations, Republicans must have viable candidates for every contested seat.

I know for a fact that many of these seats at the state and federal level go uncontested to the Democratic incumbent.

It’s time to fill the void, in time for the 2010 elections.

By: proudgop

proudgop — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:43:40 +0000

Are you talking about Parker or Gene Taylor of MS? Parker is in his first term

Their is no blue dog Democrat: its basically pro life and pro gun Dems. However, this is the year we have to knock them off. The Dems in AR, WV, Pomeroy ND, Petterson MN, Boucher VA, Donnelly IN, Hill IN, Ellsworth IN, Space OH

a majority of the above voted for stimulus bill and cap and trade they aren’t as indep as they claim to be