There’s a lot of time, and I don’t try much to shape opinion. One way I can see it going is this (it’s not the only way):

What’ll happen is that people who thought they were Democract will just go on ahead and vote Democract, and a few of their neihbors will vote Republican, hon, but somestimes that’s not such a bad thing if thay have a ratioanalaise like higher taxes to make them switch. They don’t undertstand it anyways, but on the other hand there’s just this big thing of voting like everyone else has always done because most of the time they’ve been OK even sometimes they haven’t been, but oh, its all lost on most people. All those poor people like us, and the Catholic Church can’t do nothing. Why aren’t they doing something?

Up there at John Hopkins they think about it, I’ll go vote for whoever they recommend, since they have lots of smart people supposedly, my daughter knows a girl who’s a scholar there, all considered, and I just don’t want much to be bothrered, really, except that we just try to survive, you know? That’ll be the vote, you know, whatever comes from that. Plus Black people, and hickspanics.

As I read articles like this one from races around the country, and I listen talkers like Hugh Hewitt talk constantly about Tim Burns and the Murtha seat, I’m encouraged. Here in California it’s anyone’s guess how things will play out, my dream is to see the door closed on Boxer, but there is a race here I’ve heard little about, it’s California’s 29th, Adam Schiff. Schiff took the seat from Rogan after the Clinton impeachment. The area leans dem, but there is a guy named John Colbert challenging him and I’ve heard very little about him except that he is endorsed by the Pasadena Patriots. Schiff needs to be retired as well, I went one of his town hall meetings and he is as bad as Boxer in terms of arrogance and condicension. I can’t find polling data on this race, the district is where my parents vote and they are die hard democrats, I would sure like to see this one in the R column, Neil, do you know anything about John Colbert?

everything was very strange. Not too many people knew Obama, but once he announced his run for the office, the Republicans couldn’t find anyone to run against him. The only person who offered to run against Obama was Alan Keyes, who had a rather checkered history. Most Republicans wouldn’t have anything to do with Keyes and his campaign was a farce. Keyes was a placeholder and a bad one at that. Where did all the opposition go in 2004? It almost seemed like candidates were being somehow warned off.

This would have been understandable if the campaign was for mayor of Chicago. Republicans haven’t been able to put up a viable candidate for mayor for decades. But for US Senator the Republicans could usually field a candidate.

In fact, one potential candidate was interested. That was Mike Ditka, former head coach of the Chicago Bears. No one really knew his politics although he was set to run as a Republican. He had name recognition, probably a better than average ability to raise campaign $$, and whatever you might think of him, people in Chicago liked Iron Mike. He evoked the Chicago tough guy image. But he pulled out of the running and never really explained why.

The rest, as they say, unfortunately is history.

I’m from Chicago. My father voted in at least three elections after he passed away. Now that’s what they cal a “likely voter” in Chicago. Besides the cemetery voters, I knew exactly how the elections were rigged since I was in elementary school. We knew Daley was going to turn Illinois for Kennedy in 1960, there was no doubt what the outcome would be. Although Daley’s son isn’t anywhere near the stature of his old man, the Chicago Machine should not be discounted. They aren’t the least bit bothered if their candidate is a crook!

I know Scott Brown already won, but it matters. And Harry Reid will lose too.

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All four seats will switch in 2010. Amazing.

Not Obamunist RED…. but “We love individual freedom” red. “Don’t tread on me” red. “Respect for life” red and “I take responsibility for my own actions” red!!!

I can’t wait for the can of whoop A$$ we are going to hand to liberals this fall—Obama won’t just be a one term president, but with our huge victories in house and senate-he’ll effectively be a half term president as he won’t be able to get another liberal policy through EVER!!!