I was confused for a minute there because I knew we were not going to unseat Levin in Michigan.

Deja vu.

My family has been doing what we can to help both the presidential ticket and our local candidates to win this election.

My God help us!

Isn’t Coleman from Minnesota?

This is really thoughtful. Agreed that the party can and should hold onto MN, NC and KY. I haven’t seen any polling showing McConnell running behind. Also, at the end of the day, I just have to believe the Minnesotans aren’t going to elect a Sen. Franken.

But that was what I though two years ago about the KY-03 House race this far out from the election.

Has there been any polling in the Yarmuth/Northup race? I haven’t heard anything, and can’t seem to get any sort of feel for the that race this year.

1. A major terrorist attack. (although at this point, I’m not sure even that would do it.)

2. Hubby won’t let me put it in print or utter it to anyone else but him, so I’ll leave it to your imagination.

As for me, I’m secretly hoping for # 2.
‘Cuz Lord knowsJohn McCain sure isn’t acting like someone that wants to win this race.

& or Effexor fix

and every Republican needs to run against every other member of Congress.

The People hate Congress. They hate the Bailout. McCain should say that if elected, he will establish a DOJ Task Force and investigate EVERY Representative and EVERY Senator and prosecute EVERY ONE that even smells bad.

He would win easily.

of this so-called October Surprise that’s supposedly coming that wraps up Obama/DNC/ACORN, etc…? Was that just a bunch of smoke blown up our rear ends

I’m not sure it’s true McCain isn’t making any headway against the polls. There are always mixed results with so many polls out there, but as of today he is within 4 nationally in Zogby and in Gallup’s traditional likely voter model. That is an improvement over where he’s been recently, and if those are correct he’s still within realistic striking distance. Of course it’s still true that these House and Senate races are important.

you get out of the way.

I do still have hopes for McCain-Palin. We haven’t seen a Presidential election in which neither candidate is part of the executive branch since 1952. Also both candidates are atypical–one a leftwinger with an empty resume and the other a self-proclaimed maverick who often went against his party. Considering such things it’s easy and fair to say the polls are whacky and difficult to trust.

As for the congressional and senatorial races, why not let America have what it wants? The Democrat Party is in power in both houses. Three big issues drive this election: The economy is one and it’s faltering mainly because of subprime loans–a Democrat-caused problem; Gas prices are still high compared to recent years and it’s the Democrats who’ve stood in the way of domestic exploration and drilling; The Iraq War is still ongoing and is one in which we are fighting terrorists and an issue upon which the Democrats have repeatedly sided with our adversaries. Also, the approval level for ths Democrat-majority Congress is at an all-time low. Yet, for reasons unknown to me the voting public is about to take out their frustrations on the Republicans.

If America wants more of what they’ve been getting and more of what they’re angry about I say let ‘em have what they want.

I said this at the beginning of the year, but very few wanted to hear it. I’m glad that RedState is now going with this, though. My only quibble would be that I would replace Sen. Dole, whom I think has probably had it, with Sen. Chambliss. It’s a shame that that seat is in jeopardy, but it is. The DSCC is now allocating resources to the state, and they may yet be able to go on the air. If that happens, all bets are off.

I and others are doing yeoman’s work exposing her liberal voting record and Republican Lynn Jenkins is most definitely a viable candidate.

The Republican Party has been dancing to the tune of greed since 1994 and now it’s time to pay the band. After the Democrats kick us around for a few years, and that’s probably what we need, maybe the Republican Party will wake up and realize how screwed up they have been and start living up to what the Republican Party stands for or at least what they use to stand for.

I am a glass half full guy, and I see friends of mine who thought Obama was “cool” switch their view of him and now support McCain. I believe Obama has peaked and now that people are paying attention, as well as seeing that the market has the ability to recover, will swing lots of voters to McCain. That, and the dots that lead to an understanding of Obamas world view are becoming denser and larger by the day!

with some $$$ to these races.

The non-partisan Rothenberg Report shows the NRCC has not been spending much money on these races compared to what the DNC has. Why not?

Television and radio ads WORK. Why aren’t they saturating these districts with pro-Republican candidate ads?

Rothenberg report

McCain is making headway in the polls, despite the financial crisis. The markets are up today. The worse may be behind us. McCain is only down 4 in Gallup LV poll and 7 in Gallup RV poll. He was down 11 last week. Other polls show some slow traction. Don’t buy into the media spin.

I’m a New Englander. Maybe it is the instinct of people who live in Redstates to throw us under the bus

• Jeb Bradley has a legitimate shot at beating Carol Shea-Porter in NH. She was lucky to run in 2006 and is too radical for that district.

• Jennifer Horn also has a shot at beating Paul Hodes. She came out of nowhere and the poltical novice mother of five is running a Palinesque campaing

• Never count John Sununu out. He was down big and made a huge comeback. He is has great energy, funds and a ground game. Sununu has a record of mounting comebacks.

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Mark Kirk has a tough race and though polls have him slightly ahead, a likely Obama landslide in Illinois might wash Kirk away.

Mark Kirk For Congress

site, they are using the Gallup combined poll of likely voter

The 1st likely poll numbers & the 2nd won where they say more people than ever who have never voted show up

so they have 50.5% Obama 45.5% McCain!! their 2nd poll weightings HAVE NEVER been proved while the 1st is years & more likely decades of history

I’m not the first person to say this, but the biggest issue in my mind right now is the Senate going to 60 for Democrats, not losing the White House.

Voters blame the current President’s party for economic problems. That’s just the way it is, right or wrong.

No matter who wins, it’s going to be rough for a few years. If Obama wins, the Democrats will take the blame and we’ll see big GOP gains in 2010 and the White House back in 2012. If by some miracle McCain wins, the GOP will get more blame and if we’re not at 60 in the Senate this time around, it’s a sure thing for 2010.

So Erick is right, limit damage in Congress now, and then after the election, it’s time to try to find the next Reagan for 2012.

No doubt because of the change noticed in recent polls.

It is unclear to me, however, how many non-conservatives read Drudge, given the 2/3 who picked McCain/Palin as debate winners in the Drudge poll.

But maybe it will help.

This is the same Mahoney that took Mark Foley’s seat. Hypocrite. The sleazy Dems tried to cover it up until after the election.

Someone has to d oa frontpage story. Hahhahahahahahahahah

I think the Dems have enough invested in Obama, that if McCain can somehow break through the media firewall and win, there could be a significant coat-tail effect, especially since several of the 2006 pick-ups for Dems were just fluke pick-ups due Dems running unopposed, or against scandal ridden Republicans in deep red districts. There are also a couple of pick-up opportunities in the Senate. Landrieu comes to mind as a possible pick-up if McCain does very well in LA.

He has a real shot at beating Murtha.

Two years ago everyone on this site was calling for Dole’s head and now we’re raising money for her?

McCain’s upgrading the straight talk express from a bus to a freight train that will smash through Obama’s empty shell of liberal ideology.

Obama’s rehtoric represents a premature evacuation from common sense, from our national heritage, from the GWOT, and from a free market system.

www.offeringcommonsense.blogspot.com

Goddard is in a tough race, but it is by the far the best chance of a pickup we have this year. Marshall won by only 1700 votes in 2006 and has had to resort to negative ads to keep himself going.

Marshall voted for the bailout despite so many of his constituents saying not too.

If we have a “good” shot at picking up a seat, it’s GA-08. It’s going to be a tough battle though, and the campaign needs help.

Is it just me or does it seem like every time McCain seems to closing the gap a little bit then some “pollster” releases a poll that miraculously reveals a yawning gap in support between the two candidates? I mean you have the Gallup likely, Zogby and Rasmussen all showing a narrowing and all of a sudden you have Democracy Corp and WashPo with a double digit lead for Deus Obamus. Why include Democracy Corp and not ARG? I speaking primarily toward RCP. Thanks.

Dow +936; Now It’ll Be Interesting To Watch The Polls n/t

I really think we have to sit back and take a moment away from polls. They are fallible. Everybody seems to forget this.

As a former Georgian, living just beneath the beltway, I don’t hear alot from home.

who is running against Chambliss, and who is ahead in that race?

http://loubarletta.com/news/81

of the GOP in presidential elections. These conversations like this go on almost every four years and in the end, the polling tightens and we win 7 of 10 and and 7 of 7 against known leftists and Obama’s wright is known and obama is getting better known as risky every day.

Yes, we should prioritize races with money, but we should not use polls to suggest defeatism.

That is the purpose of much of the polls and remember, the polls ask who you would vote for TODAY. Nothing happens after telling a pollster anything.

That;s why things change in our favor in the booth.

I created a slatecard for Erick’s recommended races here