Tuesday, March 3, 2009
GOP's road to comeback begins with '09 races
Since losing the White House to the Democrats in the 2008 presidential elections, the party states that they are on the road to comeback. Their claim is backed up by the winning of a Senate election and two congressional elections. But they claim it’s only the beginning.
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I think those are three very winnable races for Republicans. I'm not sure that they represent the sweeping wins they are expecting. One thing to consider with the Congressional race: recent polling finds that Congressional Democrats are much more popular than their Republican colleagues (Qunnipiac had Democrats at 45/45 approve/disapprove, while Republicans were at 30/58 approve/disapprove). Plus the President is still vastly popular in New York(70/25 according to Survey USA!). So it will be interesting to see who campaigns for Murphy in New York and what sort of strategy they adopt.
ReplyDeleteCorzine has always had budget problems. But the Democrats are very organized in New Jersey and will fight hang onto the state house (I don't have a source for this, but I listen to radio station in Newark and I heard them discuss the differences between the two parties a few weeks ago).
Virginia is interesting too. I wonder if the President will make a trip to campaign for the eventual Democratic nominee. According to Survey USA his approval rating is 54/42 in VA.