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Dems Expect Big Gains In Congress
While Democrats fret over what the drawn out presidential primaries might mean for their White House prospects, at least they can find some consolation in the congressional races. Republicans are retiring left and right (29 in the House alone!) and the Dems are raising big bucks and ready to strike. The Cook Political Report predicts Democrats could pick up five to 10 seats in the House and three to six seats in the Senate.
Those kind of numbers, if they actually play out, are enough to make Nancy Pelosi do the macarena on Main Street.
"It's certainly a larger gain that I would have predicted on election night in 2006," said David Wasserman, the House editor of the Cook Political Report. "I would have said there was going to be some sort of Republican rebound, and the question was how large the Republican rebound was going to be."Now it turns out there might not be a Republican rebound at all. Then again, who knows? After all, it is only April and nearly everybody, from pundits to pols on both sides (just not those in the Clinton camp), seem to agree that the long battle between Hillary and Obama risks making both candidates look bad and could affect turnout on election day.
Maryland congressman Chris Van Hollen put it this way: "If the Democratic presidential primary doesn't focus on what unites us and focuses on what divides us, it could create problems in November." Republicans are banking on it.
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(Page 1 of 1)cardezab513:19PMApr 8th 2008
Why can't we get some of the old fart demorats to retire? Kennedy for one has been there just about long enough and inflicted more than his fair share of pain and suffering on the country. I mean really, than man killed a woman and walked away scot free. That says pretty much all that needs to be said about the worthless, cowardly, hate america demorats.
DavesRaves10:03PMApr 8th 2008
AND THIS IS FROM A CONGRESS THAT RECENTLY HAD AN APPROVAL RATING OF 17%.
THINKABOUTIT9:07PMApr 9th 2008
If the Wright scandal had broken in January, Hillary would have clinched the nomination weeks ago. There's no way Obama can win and the only reason many of the superdelegates are voting for him is strictly personal: if Obama can push the Clintons out of the way, and Obama loses as expected to McCain, then they have a clear field to push their own interests in 2012.
CAROLINA10:52PMApr 9th 2008
OBAMA: Hey! Somebody tell me what to say here --- I can't find Hillary!
Oh, so Obama waits to see what others, like Hillary, are doing --- and then he plucks up the courage to say, "ME TOO --- I AGREE!"
Obama is a wimp! He had to say something---because he couldn’t vote: “Present”.
Hillary ’08!
Carlron7:03PMApr 16th 2008
Mr. Bush when you are surrounded by idiots and ass kissers and apparently that has not become clear to you.
Fuel prices are destroying this country from the inside out, while your table of idiots are totally disconnected with the american people.
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tom2:37PMApr 8th 2008
The replublican party does not exist in Illinois anymore. A recent election to replace Hastard resulted in the election of a democrat in a district that has alweays been replublican.