Defying pundits, GOP claims field of competitive House races is narrowing

[DeepModem Mom]

The Hill: Defying pundits, GOP claims field of competitive races is narrowing
By Patrick O’Connor

While Democrats and many independent analysts say that the field of competitive races in the House is growing, Republican officials yesterday claimed that some GOP lawmakers can rest easy.

Seizing on recent news reports, the Republican National Committee (RNC) distributed a list yesterday declaring that 14 once-competitive House GOP seats are no longer endangered.

The RNC and the Republican campaign chief in the House both point to the decision by national Democrats not to fund Democratic candidates in seats throughout the country.

Citing articles in local media, the RNC list distributed yesterday included 14 GOP-held seats that it is confident it will retain this fall. The list was broken into two tiers though it was unclear at press time why RNC split the lawmakers into two groupings....

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Democrats hardly agree with the RNC. Several of the14 Republicans cited by the RNC are targets of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s (DCCC) “Red to Blue Program,” including Pombo, Porter, and Sweeney....

http://www.thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/091406/pundits.html

[AX10]

1. Diebold!

[redqueen]

3. Or Ohio-style fraud...

that's the only reason these complicit, rubber-stamping criminals would be able to relax.

Well, that or some extremely effective gerrymandering. IF and only IF they're lucky enough to have the stupidest of the stupid repub lemmings in their districts. I mean, considering how conservatives with semi-functioning brains seem to have broken from the charge toward the cliff.

[Tiggeroshii]

2. This would explain why the RNC is spending their entire bank account on

this election, right? Cause there aren't a lot of seats at stake? :shrug:

[warrens]

4. It's spin, so far

GOP voters are demoralized. They may come back, they may just say the hell with it. It will be pretty clear a month from now. From what I have seen in Henry Hyde's district, the latter is far more likely.

[eccles12]

5. Not only diebold but the immigration issue is finally taking stage. nt

[brentspeak]

6. The Republicans WILL win...unless the Democratic rank-and-file

gets off its rear end and fights for their local candidates.

I'm working to help get Democrats elected in NJ. Everyone else on these boards should do the same in their respective states.

[the other one]

7. The spin begins.

This is the primary reason which will be used to explain why the GOP gains seats this fall.

[Lexingtonian]

8. they're right!

The number of tossup districts/seats has remained fairly constant or even shrunken a bit over the past few months.

Their problem is that Republican seats keep on joining this pool and the seats leaving it are the Democrats' to lose.

There are a good number of races where they should probably throw in the towel already.

[humbled_opinion]

9. Spin Spin Spin

Make sure everyone gets to vote and everyone gets a receipt and maybe it will be fair... Aside from them Possibly have the U.N. validate the legality of our voting by taking poll samples etc.

[0rganism]

10. They're getting the election fraud ducks lined up in cute little rows

Anyone still think we're going to wake up on some blessed November morning to see the congressional balance shift to the Democrats?

I'll believe it the day Obrador becomes the president of Mexico.

[goforit]

11. GOP big plans for rigged voting. Watch out America.