New Hope for Democrats in Bid for Senate

[Laura PourMeADrink]

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/28/us/politics/28senate.html?hp&ex=1159502400&en=cf33b74f600c3a00&ei=5094&partner=homepage


New Hope for Democrats in Bid for Senate
Andrew McMurtrie/The Jackson Sun, via Associated Press
In Tennessee, Representative Harold E. Ford Jr., a Democrat, is running a strong race for the seat being vacated by Bill Frist, a Republican, who is retiring. Pete Brodnitz, a Ford pollster, said voters have a “big appetite for change.”

By ROBIN TONER
Published: September 28, 2006
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 — Six weeks before Election Day, the Democrats suddenly face a map with unexpected opportunities in their battle for control of the Senate.

President Bush was in Memphis Wednesday to raise money for the Republican, Bob Corker, former mayor of Chattanooga. In Virginia, a state that few expected to be seriously competitive, Senator George Allen looks newly vulnerable after a series of controversies over charges of racial insensitivity, strategists in both parties say. In Tennessee, another Southern state long considered safely red, Representative Harold E. Ford Jr., a Democrat, has run a strong campaign that has kept that state in contention.

Elsewhere, Democratic challengers are either ahead or close in races in five states held by the Republicans: Missouri, Montana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island, according to political strategists in both parties and the latest polls.

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[AX10]

1. I am glad to see that Arizona is now in play.

I am very concerned about Bob Menendez in New Jersey though. It appears that we will most likely have a 50/50 Senate.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

2. That wouldn't be a bad thing, necessarily, except...

We'd REALLY have to worry about Joementum cutting a deal with Republicans after the primary debacle. I could most definitely see him doing it and giving them clear power.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

3. me too - Menedez is really unpopular in NJ, huh. If we can

get a 50-50 senate, I'd be happy - if we got the house. I was just looking at Rasmussen - They show it 48-49 with 3 too close and 1 leaning repuke (George Allen). Hope this new stuff on Allen sticks - he is so creepy.