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| Mid-Term Races: Little Change |
| 2006-02-06 |
| The major U.S. political parties have begun to focus on the few races in November's election expected to be competitive and so mean control of Congress. As members gather for the second half of the 109th Congress, already attention is turning to the 110th. The Republicans have 55 seats in the U.S. Senate vs. 44 for the Democrats and one independent, who usually votes with the Democrats. In the House, there at 231 Republicans, 201 Democrats and an independent who also usually votes with the Democrats. The Washington Post reported Monday each party is targeting six Senate seats held by the opposition while in the House as few as 25 seats could be called into question. The redrawing of congressional districts after the 2000 election further entrenched incumbents and makes any large swing of seats unlikely... |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #5 Amen to that lotp. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-02-06 22:29 |
| #4 Neither does it favor those seen to be tearing the country apart unnecessarily. Leadership is helping people to see the necessity. And I agree that this administration has been lacking in some of that. |
| Posted by: lotp 2006-02-06 19:50 |
| #3 I hope the Donks keep pushing Gitmo inmates' and AQ phonecall recipients rights over ours to be safe. It works for me - as a Trunk |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-02-06 19:49 |
| #2 The Repubicans unfortunately are unwilling to fight the war at home. With one party declaring defeat and aiding the means of the enemy to conduct operations against the citizens of the US, they refuse to carry the fight literally to their opponents. They don't have the killer instinct to push back hard and play and replay the words and images of Dems and make the issue the security of the people in their persons, their families, and their country. If they are willing to use the same tactics the Dems use and do not pull back, the Dems would be lucking just to prevent the Reps from gaining 2/3rds of the House and Senate. Fortune never favors the timid. |
| Posted by: Speremble Gleash2067 2006-02-06 19:47 |
| #1 It occurs to me with events unfolding as they are and spiraling quickly out of control that the Democrats have a platform that will become increasingly out of touch and this will have a huge impact on the elections. The Dems will simply defer to the "george bush has not done enough - was not strong enough" platform, but I suspect that as events get even more out of control, the American public - like the European public - will not be willing to accept words instead of actions. |
| Posted by: 2b 2006-02-06 19:04 |