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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (208047)	11/8/2006 6:32:47 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Consider these results from a poll of voters in 12 swing GOP-held congressional districts, conducted by OnMessage Inc. (PDF): No, these results are not typographical errors: o When asked which Party they believe would cut taxes for the middle-class 42% said the Democrats while only 29% chose the Republicans. o When asked which Party will work toward reducing the deficit 47% chose the Democrats while only 22% chose the Republicans. o Again, when asked who will keep government spending under control the Democrats held a 17 point edge (38% Democrats, 21% Republicans). Despite all this, voters in five of the districts elected or re-elected Republicans, vs. four districts for Democrats (three are still undecided as we write). While it's hard to conceive of Democrats as the party of frugality, Republicans have been spending like mad, while Democrats have lacked the power to do so, so there is a certain logic to preferring the Dems here.

To: Sun Tzu who wrote (208047)	11/8/2006 11:39:26 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

CHICAGO, Nov. 8 -- Democratic gains in Congress and among the nation's governors were matched on Tuesday by a huge surge closer to the grass roots -- in the state legislatures, where more than 275 seats and 10 legislative chambers from Iowa to Oregon switched overnight from Republican to Democratic hands. With those legislative victories combined with the six new Democratic governors elected on Tuesday, Democrats are now the one-party government in 15 states -- including New Hampshire for the first time since 1874, and Colorado for the first time since 1960. No party has controlled as many as 15 states since the Republicans achieved that exact number after the 1994 election. But what was equally remarkable, said Tim Storey, a senior fellow at the National Conference of State Legislatures, a bipartisan group, is that the gains occurred everywhere in the country, even in the South, where Democrats lost ground in every statehouse election since 1982 -- until Tuesday. The gains there were tiny, about 20 legislative seats spread across 14 states, but the direction, Mr. Storey said, was the important thing.