Abrahmoff....Could The Dems get the House Early

[rsmith6621]

This year with the names of House members that Abramhoff has agreed to give to the prosecuter.....which REPs are in trouble and are those states controlled by DEM govenors?????


Or is this a pipedream.

[madokie]

1. If it is I want some of it

pipedreams,

[C_U_L8R]

2. Knock on wood

it would be righteous.... but we'll see

meanwhile... lets keep on the offensive

[savemefromdumbya]

3. possible!

[davidinalameda]

4. Bob Ney could be replaced by a Democrat

his district was represented by Democrats as far back as I could remember-very blue collar; coal and steel were the biggest industries

I don't see why we couldn't win it again especially with Ohio being in the midst of a Repuke scandal themselves

[KingFlorez]

5. Patience

November will come soon enough and we'll win the House then. Good things come to patient people, IMO.

[in_cog_ni_to]

6. If a repuke retires/steps down/is indicted, they probably just appoint

another corrupt repuke to replace him. I could be wrong. Wouldn't it be nice though? We could start investigation IMMEDIATELY.

[Catch22Dem]

8. Appointments only happen in Senate vacancies

Don't worry, I just learned this tonight. :D

[in_cog_ni_to]

9. No kidding? So do those seats just stay EMPTY? or do they hold

special elections? I'm REALLY ditzy about Congressional procedures...there's just TOO MUCH TO LEARN.;)

[Catch22Dem]

11. From what I understand they do special elections

Like when Mean Jean got her seat. Of course, she'll only have it for another year, but that's neither here nor there.

[bbinacan]

7. If you mean early by

before the 2006 elections, I doubt it. The process will take awhile. Now the regular elections is where the repugs have their asses handed to them.:bounce: :beer: :woohoo: :rofl: :party: :)

[jazzjunkysue]

10. Charlie Cook on CSpan about taking back the senate: Which states

can/must we take?

He says PA (Santorum)
RI (Chaffee)
Ohio (DeWine) (I don't know the spellings)
Montana (Burns: a.k.a. Abramoff pilferboy)
Tenn (Ford is our guy over 3 conservatives)

plus either
Missouri or
Arizona

He says the chances of getting 5 are about 15% if Bush's approval is in the low 40's, and goes up to 25% if he's in the 30's.

But he also says we don't need a majority for control, because often the GOP moderates cross party lines, so, he thinks both the house and senate will hold a slight majority for the next several years, but that the gap will narrow, leaving neither party with true control. That will lead to more drift, like we have right now.

Not a great feeling: Drifting into Iran would'nt be good.

This guy sounded like he knew what he was saying and wasn't a rabid supporter of either party.

He writes the Cook Political Report.

[proud2BlibKansan]

13. Missouri - Talent is in an uphill race to keep his seat

He has an aggressive challenger - Claire McCaskill. She is awesome, from KC.

[Hippo_Tron]

12. Governors don't appoint replacement house members

Special elections are required to be held ASAP. Of course when a rep resigns on corruption charges it will be easier for a dem to pick up that open seat.