Unhappy voters imperil heartland Republicans

[deadparrot]

MONROE CITY, Indiana (Reuters) - In a dozen districts across the U.S. heartland, voter unhappiness has imperiled Republicans, setting the stage for what could be the biggest anti-incumbent midterm election since 1994.

Pat Wilkerson says U.S. troops and veterans are her first priority, believes family values are important and voted Republican in 2004. But in November she'll switch parties -- though not because Democrats have won her over.

"When I vote now, it's not who I'm voting for, it's who I'm voting against," said the 59-year-old administrator, adding she is fed up with the war in Iraq and wants troops home.

"I think a lot of Republicans who are in office are at risk," Wilkerson said as she watched sweating politicians work the crowd at a town festival in Monroe City in southwest Indiana.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060922/pl_nm/incumbents_dc

[yellowcanine]

1. Monroe City is in Knox County. That is the "bloody 8th" District of

Indiana. John "I've got my gun" Hostettler represents that district. He never wins by much. We should be able to get him this year if there is a God.

[DURHAM D]

2. Personally - I think the switch will be bigger than 1994. eom

[TexasLawyer]

3. kick n/t

[dubyaD40web]

4. K & R!

This is front page stuff here!

[tabasco]

5. I always thought of Midwesterners as practical and decent people.

Can they be coming to their senses?

[GAspnes]

6. most Midwesterners tend to be practical

and decent. But no group this large is any one thing. My cousin is practical, decent and a flaming Republican.

However the fact that Republicans are starting come across as something to vote against is a start. Now, if we only had a decent, broad-based, positive Democratic agenda.