Bear in mind that Congressman McIntyre is in trouble and probably desperate to say anything to save his campaign, but this is taking the increasingly common “I won’t support Pelosi” caveats to a whole new level:
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Here are just three top graphs from Politico's roundup of political news from the third-to-last weekend before the 2010 Mid-term congressional election:
More bad polls. More bad fundraising numbers. More dreary talk on the Sunday shows.
It added up to a brutal weekend for Democrats, as the consensus among election analysts, already bearish on the party’s prospects, took a turn for the worse over the past 48 hours.
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Pollster Scott Rasmussen told Western CPAC attendees last night that he expects a 55-seat Republican gain in the Nov. 2 congressional election, according to Human Events' John Gizzi.
Rasmussen, who was the first pollster to spot the surge that led to Scott Brown's upset victory for the Senate seat formerly held by Ted Kennedy in Massachusett, told the assembled conservatives that Senate control will be determined by how five races currently too close to call are decided.
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Just how bad are things for Democrats this year? This bad: According to a new pol, Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., is now fighting for his seat. DeFazio represents Oregon’s 4th District, where the big population anchor is Eugene, home of the University of Oregon and possibly the most liberal town in the state. The 12-term incumbent was reelected in 2008 with 82 percent of the vote.
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Just how bad are things for Democrats this year? This bad: According to a new pol, Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., is now fighting for his seat. DeFazio represents Oregon’s 4th District, where the big population anchor is Eugene, home of the University of Oregon and possibly the most liberal town in the state. The 12-term incumbent was reelected in 2008 with 82 percent of the vote.
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Well, you’ve got to respond to the bad news somehow:
State Sen. Roy Herron (D), who’s running for the opening seat held by retiring Rep. John Tanner (D) in Tennessee’s 8th congressional district, suggested the DCCC’s decision to cancel ad buys in the race was tied to his refusal to back Pelosi.
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The news this morning for Democrats? To take a page from Keith Olbermann’s book, it’s “Worse, Worser and Worst.”
WORSE: Kristi Noem, the Republican challenger Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, D-S.D., raised $1 million in the quarter that just ended. Not only does this mean that Republicans might have a new Sarah Palin who isn’t a knucklehead, but it also means they’ll probably outspend Herseth-Sandlin until Election Day.
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The news this morning for Democrats? To take a page from Keith Olbermann’s book, it’s “Worse, Worser and Worst.”
WORSE: Kristi Noem, the Republican challenger Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, D-S.D., raised $1 million in the quarter that just ended. Not only does this mean that Republicans might have a new Sarah Palin who isn’t a knucklehead, but it also means they’ll probably outspend Herseth-Sandlin until Election Day.
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Well, you’ve got to respond to the bad news somehow:
State Sen. Roy Herron (D), who’s running for the opening seat held by retiring Rep. John Tanner (D) in Tennessee’s 8th congressional district, suggested the DCCC’s decision to cancel ad buys in the race was tied to his refusal to back Pelosi.
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The Hill has released the first of several rounds of polling it plans to do in House districts, and the results for Democrats are just terrible. One of the key takeaways:
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