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POLITICO Puts More Than 99 Dem Seats In Danger - 10/19/2010 11:18:56 PM

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Republicans put 99 Democrat-held House seats in danger
By ALEX ISENSTADT | 10/19/10 6:22 AM EDT Updated: 10/19/10 3:27 PM EDT

With two weeks remaining until Election Day, the political map has expanded to put Democrats on the run across the country — with 99 Democratic-held House seats now in play, according to a POLITICO analysis, and Republicans well in reach of retaking the House.

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The assessment by POLITICO is based on a review of TV media-buy information from those independent groups and the party committees in more than 80 districts; internal and public polling in individual races; Federal Election Commission fundraising data for incumbents and challengers; and reporting on the districts.

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The list doesn’t include several Republican-oriented seats that Democrats have all but ceded to Republicans, including districts in southeastern Louisiana, Upstate New York and Middle Tennessee.

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POLITICO’s tally does not include a handful of seats in which Democrats are waging competitive campaigns to capture GOP-held seats.

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While the level of competitiveness among the 99 seats varies widely, they share a common denominator: all of them show some serious sign of vulnerability to takeover by the GOP.

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... the nonpartisan Cook Political Report predicts a GOP net gain of at least 40 House seats, with 90 Democratic seats in total rated as competitive or likely Republican.

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The Rothenberg Report, another political handicapper, lists 91 Democratic-held seats as in play, and predicts the “extremely large field of competitive races” will produce a “likely Republican gain of 40-50 seats, with 60 seats possible.”

What would be a really interesting thread would be to go back and dig up and quote all the lefty jubilation and predictions of the demise of the Republican Party when Obama and the Democrats won the last election ...

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RE: POLITICO Puts More Than 99 Dem Seats In Danger - 10/20/2010 3:23:51 AM

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Nah, the trolls would just shit all over it.

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RE: POLITICO Puts More Than 99 Dem Seats In Danger - 10/20/2010 3:30:03 AM

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so if there is a republican majority can the us finally bomb iran?

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RE: POLITICO Puts More Than 99 Dem Seats In Danger - 10/20/2010 4:48:33 AM

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What would be a really interesting thread would be to go back and dig up and quote all the lefty jubilation and predictions of the demise of the Republican Party when Obama and the Democrats won the last election ...

Yes, and then we can go back and pull up all the jubilant predictions of a McCain victory from the right.

As I recall it was a constant barrage of poll numbers and articles that left no doubt he would win.

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RE: POLITICO Puts More Than 99 Dem Seats In Danger - 10/20/2010 4:53:01 AM

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so if there is a republican majority can the us finally bomb iran?

I sure hope so. If this doesn't happen we will be down to one war again!

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RE: POLITICO Puts More Than 99 Dem Seats In Danger - 10/20/2010 8:32:08 AM

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so if there is a republican majority can the us finally bomb iran?

I sure hope so. If this doesn't happen we will be down to one war again!

Then we could go back to all of the off the book borrowing from China to pay for it. Then we could create another political party and pretend that we were all outraged when it was happening.

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RE: POLITICO Puts More Than 99 Dem Seats In Danger - 10/20/2010 10:00:24 AM

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YahooNews had an article about how former impeached president Bill Clinton is, "more popular" than Obama.
Boy, that's really not good.

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RE: POLITICO Puts More Than 99 Dem Seats In Danger - 10/20/2010 10:26:32 AM

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Wow. Clinton impeached. By a republican controlled house with no investigations performed.

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RE: POLITICO Puts More Than 99 Dem Seats In Danger - 10/20/2010 11:18:33 AM

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Wow. Clinton impeached. By a republican controlled house with no investigations performed.

Tazzy, Clinton was a lawyer. He should have known better than anyone that you don't lie under oath!

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RE: POLITICO Puts More Than 99 Dem Seats In Danger - 10/20/2010 11:26:26 AM

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Because...................... look what will happen? Didn't seem to do him a bit of harm.

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RE: POLITICO Puts More Than 99 Dem Seats In Danger - 10/20/2010 11:26:51 AM

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What i find surprising is that you are so upset over the lie about a sex act, yet not upset over the money spent to investigate that lie, and end up in an aquittal. And while all this was going on, many in Congress were resigning their positions due to their own infidelities.

Honestly, there were countless other better uses for that money.

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RE: POLITICO Puts More Than 99 Dem Seats In Danger - 10/20/2010 2:54:52 PM

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What i find surprising is that you are so upset over the lie about a sex act, yet not upset over the money spent to investigate that lie, and end up in an aquittal.

Soooo ... lies under oath shouldn't be a crime, nor investigated?

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RE: POLITICO Puts More Than 99 Dem Seats In Danger - 10/20/2010 3:42:44 PM

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anyone going after cheney or w?

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RE: POLITICO Puts More Than 99 Dem Seats In Danger - 10/20/2010 4:35:04 PM

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A lie about a blow job? Please!

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RE: POLITICO Puts More Than 99 Dem Seats In Danger - 10/20/2010 5:56:22 PM

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He lied to a Federal grand jury. That's a crime. What he told Hillary is not a crime.

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RE: POLITICO Puts More Than 99 Dem Seats In Danger - 10/20/2010 6:11:25 PM

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We seem to be drifting, here. Don't people want to talk about whether this election is better compared to 1994 or 1894?

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RE: POLITICO Puts More Than 99 Dem Seats In Danger - 10/20/2010 6:19:35 PM

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I'd say it is a mirror of 1994, with one big difference. In 1994 the GOP mucked it up. This time around the tea party members will be there to hold their feet to the fire. We are not going away.

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RE: POLITICO Puts More Than 99 Dem Seats In Danger - 10/20/2010 7:28:51 PM

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Are you familiar with the 1894 result, Serv?

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RE: POLITICO Puts More Than 99 Dem Seats In Danger - 10/20/2010 7:34:43 PM

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No I'm not. I am familiar with what happened with Newt and the boys in 1994. I don't want a repeat of that.

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RE: POLITICO Puts More Than 99 Dem Seats In Danger - 10/20/2010 7:36:52 PM

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Perhaps you should give it a Google, then. You may change your answer. Wikipedia should be fine.

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