WP: The Dem's may win because their candidates are better looking!!

[truthpusher]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/13/AR2006101301753_pf.html

Democratic Faces That Could Launch Thousands of Votes

With a Parade of Attractive Candidates, the Party May Benefit From the Politics of Beauty

By Shailagh Murray
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, October 14, 2006; A01

AUBURN, N.Y. --

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The research is unambiguous that Ferrin is right: Attractive politicians have an edge over not-so-attractive ones. The phenomenon is resonating especially this year. By a combination of luck and design, Democrats seem to be fielding an uncommonly high number of uncommonly good-looking candidates.

The beauty gap between the parties, some on Capitol Hill muse, could even be a factor in who controls Congress after Election Day.

Democratic operatives do not publicly say that they went out of their way this year to recruit candidates with a high hotness quotient. Privately, however, they acknowledge that, as they focused on finding the most dynamic politicians to challenge vulnerable Republicans, it did not escape their notice that some of the most attractive prospects were indeed often quite attractive.

There is a certain logic to the trend. Back in 1994, when Republicans seized power in Congress from Democrats, the GOP had a number of fresh-faced challengers who knocked off incumbents who had grown worse for wear after years of committee hearings and fundraising receptions.

This year, it is the Democrats who have several ripe opportunities to unseat Republicans, some of whom have grown gray and portly during their years in power.

lots more about all of the hot dem's - link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/13/AR2006101301753_pf.html

[Demobrat]

1. Well it worked for

the Groppennegger.

[roseBudd]

2. This is how we know Mean Jean cheated in Clermont County...

to defeat Paul Hackett.

[rzemanfl]

3. Sure, it's looks, it's the gay mafia in Congress, it's liars who write

books, anything but the complete and utter failure of the Republicans to govern competently, consider the needs of people who aren't rich or to have sexual habits that don't exploit their power and aren't weird.

[Qutzupalotl]

4. Years of corruption suck the life force out of you.

Just look at what happened to Gollum. Absolute power is precioussss.

[Eric J in MN]

7. Was Gollum once good-looking? NT

NT

[rodeodance]

5. hey, if it gets a few votes -so be it.

[aquart]

6. Does this mean the Republicans will dust off Dan Quayle again?

On account of he looks so much like Robert Redford and that's what women like?

[w13rd0]

8. Why didn't the WP include...

...a side by side comparison of the candidates, so we could determine if their evaluation was correct? Hmm?

[Horse with no Name]

9. Since REpubicans are so shallow

The fact that they would put this out there doesn't surprise me one bit.

[Nite Owl]

10. Shallow assessment maybe

but really who would constituents rather look at for the next two years:

Kirsten:





or Sweeney: