WP,pg1: Number of vulnerable GOP districts DOUBLED over the summer

[DeepModem Mom]

More GOP Districts Counted as Vulnerable
Number Doubled Over the Summer
By Dan Balz and David S. Broder
Washington Post Staff Writers
Sunday, September 3, 2006; Page A01

Facing the most difficult political environment since they took control of Congress in 1994, Republicans begin the final two months of the midterm campaign in growing danger of losing the House while fighting to preserve at best a slim majority in the Senate, according to strategists and officials in both parties.

Over the summer, the political battlefield has expanded well beyond the roughly 20 GOP House seats originally thought to be vulnerable. Now some Republicans concede there may be almost twice as many districts from which Democrats could wrest the 15 additional seats they need to take control.

President Bush's low approval ratings, the sharp divisions over the war in Iraq, dissatisfaction with Congress, and economic anxiety caused by high gasoline prices and stagnant wages have alienated independent voters, energized the Democratic base and thrown once-safe Republican incumbents on the defensive.

As the campaign season begins, Democrats are trying to guard against premature celebration, even as their prospects are brighter than most ever imagined. Republicans are hoping for some outside event that would show the president and their party in a better light -- a spate of good news from Iraq, a foiled terrorist plot or an unlikely break in the deadlock over immigration on Capitol Hill....

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...Democratic strategists say they see ways they could fall short of their goal of capturing one or both houses of Congress. They cite what they consider to be a superior Republican get-out-the-vote operation, a coming barrage of negative ads aimed at their challenger candidates, and a sizable cash-on-hand disparity between the Republican National Committee and the Democratic National Committee....Democrats, to take control, must defeat a significant number of incumbents -- ordinarily one of the hardest tasks in politics -- and, in most cases, do so in districts that have voted consistently Republican in recent presidential races....

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/02/AR2006090200975.html

[stevedeshazer]

1. Gotta love it, great read

"Meanwhile, finger-pointing has begun as Republicans here and around the country blame the White House and the GOP congressional leadership for leaving Republican candidates in such a vulnerable position."

Heh. :)

[applegrove]

2. Yee Haw!!!!!

:woohoo:

[SpiralHawk]

3. Feel the Bushmentum! Republicon voters go AWOL

just like their pretend commander in chief !!!!!

That's what happens when your fail, fail, fail the American people, and lie to them, too.

They go AWOL on you.

My strategy for getting the republicons back into good graces with the American public: try telling the truth for once, and acting on the public behalf, instead of enriching your corrupt republicon oil and munitions cronies.

That approach would have some appeal.