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To: American Spirit who wrote (78535)	9/20/2006 8:32:16 PM
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To: American Spirit who wrote (78535)	9/20/2006 11:36:51 PM
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Both Parties in Ky. Battle Try to Take Right Flank (massageboyclifford open eyes on this) By Jim VandeHei and Chris Cillizza Washington Post Staff Writers Thursday, September 21, 2006; Page A01 ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky., Sept. 20 -- Mike Weaver, age 67, is a former Army colonel who said he knows what war is about. He'll tell you that if you ask, or if you don't. In fact, he rarely goes more than a few sentences without mentioning his military career. He's eager also to share his views on abortion rights: opposed. Or gun control: opposed. Or same-sex marriage: very much opposed. Weaver is the Democrat in Kentucky's 2nd District. At first blush, that might seem like an advantage. There are 100,000 more registered Democrats than Republicans in these precincts, home to tobacco fields and Fort Knox, south of Louisville. But for the past 12 years a good many of these Democrats have been happy to vote again and again for one of the most reliably conservative Republicans in Congress. Rep. Ron Lewis, who used to own a Christian bookstore, has won seven straight elections -- most times without breaking a sweat. Weaver is doing his best to make Lewis sweat this time. Weaver's campaign revolves largely around convincing even his fellow Democrats that he is conservative enough. This is one of the places where the "Republican Revolution" began in 1994 -- before then, Democratic representative William H. Natcher held the seat for 40 years -- and it is a good window into whether the GOP reign will end in 2006. It is also the first stop in The Washington Post's nine-day trek through nine congressional districts that sit on the dividing line between the upper South and the industrial Midwest. There is no place outside the Ohio River Valley where so many competitive districts are clustered in an unbroken line. The aim is to capture the 2006 campaign -- its characters, issues, back stories -- at eye level, touring 500 miles of main roads and less-traveled paths through Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio and West Virginia. Even in a year buffeted by unease over the Iraq war and other national issues, many competitive races are shaped by local twists. There is the Democratic candidate who worries that a decades-old high school basketball rivalry could cost him the election, and a Republican hopes to turn local pork-barrel spending into political gold. And there is Kentucky's 2nd, where Weaver is running not only against Lewis but also against long currents of political history. Natcher, who as Appropriations Committee chairman prided himself on the bridges and highways his political clout made possible, was a beloved figure right up until his death in office in March 1994. In the special election to replace him, Lewis hit hard on President Bill Clinton's unpopularity in the district. At the time, Lewis's victory was seen as something of an aberration.