House seats up for grabs are just as important in '04

[FoxNewsIsTheDevil]

I don't hear enough talk on these boards about the House and Senate seats that will be up for grabs in '04. The White House spot itself can tend to be a little overrated. If we can win a majority back in the Senate and at least gain some ground in the House, we will have developed more of a check on the right-wing White House. The margin of Republicans to Dems in the House is getting out of hand. It's getting to the point where the Dems are in such a minority that they can't introduce alternate bills etc. I wish we all had as much enthusiasm about the potential Dem candidates who could unseat Republicans in '04 as we do about Dean.

[lcordero]

1. Sad to say but it seems that there has been a lack of mentoring in

the first place.
Things are bad when senior Democrats want to retire and can't because they don't have anybody suitable to replace them.

[msanger]

2. Given the brilliance of the Dean campaign...

I would be very suprised if they don't start linking to democratic house and senate candidates in a way we didn't in 2000.

Whoever get the nod in 2004 should make a point of working with dems running for congress - we'll need a majority to roll back the tax cuts - just for a start.

Once the campaign really gets underway I think there will be plenty of enthusiasm for the "bottom" of the ticket, which will help at the top.

and vice-versa.

michael

[CarlBallard]

3. Any seats up for grabs that you care about?

Here in WA-1, if Inslee runs for Governor, we'll probably take the loss.