In case you forgot, ALL 435 seats in the House are up for re-election every 2 years. That's one of the reasons that it's pretty tough to be a congressperson ...you're always running for re-election and always raising money for the next election.
We here at Yanqui Mike are tracking what are believed to be the 93 most competitive House races of the year... according to Wikipedia and The Cook Political Report, Rothenburg, and CQ Politics. That doesn't mean that there won't be more than those races popping up on the radar as competitive ...but we'll start with those.
The distinctive character of the 2008 races is defined by the fact that this is a presidential election year, the weaknesses of the Republicans trying to run in the wake of a failed Bush presidency, the massive retirements of GOP representatives (and their inability to find top-notch talent to run in their stead) and the special elections that have been held during 2008 which have seen them fall to Democrats in districts that have tremendously loyal Republican voter bases.
Please help keep us abreast of the latest developments in your "ol' backyard" and of any other news that you run across for Congressional Districts that fascinate you. Leave your observations and scoops in the comments and we'll promote the best from time to time to new posts.
Electing Barack Obama will be futile if we don't give him a posse. Make sure that you are not only registered to vote ...but that you actually vote and you cast a vote for the Democratic Senator and Congressperson that will allow his vision of change to become reality.
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Charlie Cook is a Political Genius, I'm fascinated to hear him speak every time, he's predicting a whalloping of Republicans this time around. What will the D's do with their new majority?
Charlie is indeed the man ...I wish I could afford his report!
What are Dems gonna do with the big majority? What we want them to do!
We'll need to communicate it them, though. And that means we need to know what we want. I don't think too many people have actually given that much thought ...we mostly wanted Bush out and the primaries to end!
Let's start a list. Way up on mine would be legislating away the powers that Bush has illegally arrogated to himself. And let's put the 4th Fleet back in mothballs while we're at it!
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