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To: Road Walker who wrote (307087)	10/20/2006 9:53:51 AM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573530

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To: Road Walker who wrote (307087)	10/20/2006 11:33:40 AM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1573530

Let's all pray to God and hope that Americans see reason during these elections and those of 2008. With one fell swoop the world's faith in America can be restored. I still honestly believe the world wants the old America back...the one that is the shining light example for everyone else. Everyone has to have a utopian dream and Bush smashed that dream for the entire world when he turned us into a malign super power.

To: Road Walker who wrote (307087)	10/21/2006 5:24:39 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1573530

Listening to political commentary coming into work this morning. They are saying the Reps are almost sure to lose the house, and probably 4 Senate seats. The 3 seats that would then determine who controls the Senate are Virginia, Tennessee and Missouri that the Dems would have to get 2 of 3. Reps have a slight lead in 2 of the 3. Depending on which poll you look at......the GOP has the lead in all three races. I think the only one where the Dems have a chance is in MO. Talent is against stem cell research and Missourians are for it. McCaskill also polls well in the cities of Kansas City and St. Louis which play an important role in who gets elected in MO. I don't think Ford will win in TN because I don't think Tennessee is ready to elect the first black senator from the South since Reconstruction even if he reflects the conservative values of the South.....which Ford does. And on paper Webb is much better than Allen but Allen has that good ole boy thing down pat. Webb comes off a little geeky. I figure after all the crap that has come out on Allen, Corker and Foley, and the polls still are showing them ahead, I don't see how things will change much between now and Nov. 7th. And this leads to another problem the Dems have.......the South is growing and has a large population base. The Dems have to become like a Ford or Nelson to win in the South. You yourself have said you are not happy about voting for Nelson and I would not like voting for a Ford. Therein lies the dilemma.......if you operate one way in the South and another way in the rest of the country, you become a two tiered party making a national platform difficult, or you cede the South to the GOP and we've seen how dangerous that is. You can't always count on the GOP being corrupt. The GOP was successful in 2000 because they were able to capitalize on voter unhappiness with Clinton which allowed them to grab votes in states outside the South like ID, Utah, AZ and Colorado......fast growing places with decent sized populations........even a place like MN. It would seem those same places are now starting to swing back to the Dems, allowing them to get a small edge. We clearly are a nation divided and I don't see it getting resolved any time soon. In fact, I still think we will end up splitting in half.

To: Road Walker who wrote (307087)	10/22/2006 2:33:45 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1573530

WA 5 is a district in the red part of WA state. WA 5: Its a close race Our Thursday post on the regional U.S. House races listed Washington’s 5th district contest, between incumbent Republican Cathy McMorris and Democratic challenger Peter Goldmark, as a serious contest - running up steadily to the point that it now merits serious watching. We half-expected some counter on that from some area Republicans, and surely would have a few months ago. But conditions have changed, that assessment is mainstream, and now comes confirmation that the race is closing from none other than McMorris. We got this courtesy of a glitch in telephone technology and Spokane Spokesman-Review political reporter Jim Camden. Camden on Thursday had dialed in to listen to a McMorris town hall session on veterans. Placed on mute (so that he couldn’t participate) - but inadvertently not on hold, like other participants, which would have blocked the private conversation - he overheard some pre-meeting chatter between McMorris and Idaho Senator Larry Craig, who chairs the Senate committee on veterans services. During that short conversation, McMorris told Craig, “It’s a closer race than I first imagined,” and advised her fellow Republican that Goldmark was “hitting very hard” on veterans issues. Craig’s response was that nationally, “The new numbers are just devastating.” This looks to be turning into an unusual political season. ridenbaugh.com