Republicans Scrambling to Save Seats in Congress

[Bozita]

Source: NYTimes

November 3, 2008
Republicans Scrambling to Save Seats in Congress

By CARL HULSE

WASHINGTON — Outspent and under siege in a hostile political climate, Congressional Republicans scrambled this weekend to save embattled incumbents in an effort to hold down expected Democratic gains in the House and Senate on Tuesday.

With the election imminent, Senate Republicans threw their remaining resources into protecting endangered lawmakers in Georgia, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Hampshire, North Carolina and Oregon, while House Republicans were forced to put money into what should be secure Republican territory in Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Virginia and Wyoming.

Sensing an extraordinary opportunity to expand their numbers in both the House and Senate, Democrats were spending freely on television advertising across the campaign map. Senate Democrats were active in nine states where Republicans are running for re-election; House Democrats, meanwhile, bought advertising in 63 districts, twice the number of districts where Republicans bought advertisements and helped candidates.

“We are deep in the red areas,” Representative Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said on Sunday. “We are competing now in districts George Bush carried by large margins in 2004.”

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/03/us/politics/03cong.ht...

[LynnTheDem]

1. Scrambling. Eggs. Rightwingnuts. Screeching.

"We'll find those wmds and you libruls will have egg on your face!!!11!!


If I had a dollar for every time some moran screeched that at me, I'd be voting for John McCain and his more-bush-taxcuts-for-the-rich plan.

[Hulk]

2. GOD...I hope we get 60+ seats in the Senate.

Been watching the pendulum swing back and forth in NC, MN and OR, and I'm so hoping smith, dole and coleman are unemployed come January 2009. Worthless assholes...all three of them.

I'd LOVE to see mcconnell out looking for work also...along with the turd from GA. There are just so many possible good outcomes from these typically repug/fascist nests.

GO DEMOCRATS!!

P.S. And we'll be watching you once you get elected to see if you are worth keeping or not. Same goes for those of you IN the Senate already. YOU REPRESENT US, THE PEOPLE!

[aggiesal]

12. Check out the following site for race status ...

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com /
Smith, Dole and Coleman are in trouble,
while Saxby Chambliss in Georgia and
Mitch McConnell in Kentucky look safe

I agree that once the Dems are in charge, we will be even more
critical of them to make sure that they don't embarrass the rest of us.
And, that they pass legislation that we hired them to do, like impeachment.

[Patriought]

3. Bloody shame...

They aren't as assiduous in working for America.

[aquart]

4. Bloody shame we won't change till we hit rock bottom.

[happygoluckytoyou]

5. 2009 let the class warfare begin - I FOR ONE WOULD APPRECIATE SOME WEALTH REDISTRIBUTION IN MY LIFE!

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[BulletproofLandshark]

7. Enjoy the rest of your short stay, you sick fuck. n/t

[NBachers]

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Put this sick fuck away where he can't harm anyone.

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[Hissyspit]

10. Tombstone has been delivered. Please alert on the specific posts.

[NBachers]

11. Good work. Thank you n/t

[Bake]

13. Damn, I'm always late to the pizza party!!

I'm guessing this was a pretty good one!



Bake

[yellowcanine]

14. Chuck Schumer and Chris van Hollen are going to be heroes of the Democratic Party on Wednesday

morning. The only person who has run a better campaign this year is Obama.