Hoyer: Dem election outlook 'scary good'

[babylonsister]

Hoyer: Dem election outlook 'scary good'
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Posted July 24, 2008 4:51 PM
The Swamp

by Matthew Hay Brown


On Wednesday, Rep. Chris Van Hollen and Sen. Charles Schumer, the chairman of the Democrats' House and Senate campaign operations, warned party supporters against "irrational exuberance" over the party's prospects in November.

Today, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer also hesitated over predicting the number of seats he expects Democrats to gain in the House elections - but for the opposite reason.

He says his guess may be too good to be true.

"The environment in which we find ourselves, from a political standpoint, is scary good," the Maryland Democrat told reporters during an hourlong chat. "And therefore, you sort of pinch yourself and say, 'Look, we just won a net 30 seats. We have 41 new members. Could we possibly follow that up with the substantial gains that if I were guessing, and we were off the record, I might say, but which I'm hesitant to do now, because it's just difficult to believe on top of the significant victory we had last time that we could do as well as I think we might do this time?' "

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http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/07/election_hoyer_house_democrats.html

[mikelgb]

1. IN SPITE OF YOU HOYER

enabler

[Hawkeye-X]

2. I just hope we can change the entire leadership - with people with SPINES!!!

[MasonJar]

3. You can go, Steny, just as soon as the next Congress begins. We

should have had Murtha.

[hitmonval]

4. Right-wingers have hijacked an MSNBC poll. You know what to do.

Hi all, sorry if this is the wrong forum, they wouldn't let me start my own thread since I lack posts or post in groups without a donation. Here's the poll:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24410059?KeepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=540&width=400


It might be petty but it takes a second. If one of you with more posts can put it on the front page I'd appreciate that. Thanks.

edit: I'm a new member but I've been lurking for a while. I've also written a couple of articles. Reddit and Digg already have the poll, so we have some allies.