Two GOP pickups? Also, CO gov (a dem) is not seeking re-election.

1/6/2010 12:22:38 AM

Nope.

1/6/2010 12:24:23 AM

Quote :

"While the recent political chatter in Washington has focused on Democrats retiring from Congress, Republicans are leaving the House in greater numbers, a trend that could blunt the party's momentum heading into the November midterm elections."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/04/AR2010010403313.html

1/6/2010 1:19:11 AM

GOP will probably pick up ND. Counter-intuitively, Dodd's departure probably helps the Democratic Party in Connecticut, but don't expect them to elect a particularly leftist Democrat.


^ This election will probably be the best chance for 3d party candidates to pick up house seats in a couple of decades. I'm not saying it will happen but the right candidates could pull it off since both parties are losing a lot of incumbents and both parties are dropping in the polls.

1/6/2010 1:50:32 AM

Good--Dodd was going to lose anyway. Now maybe this lizard will crawl off somewhere.



I am not a lizard!

1/6/2010 7:27:22 AM

Blumenthal will run in Dodd's place, I believe, and he's very popular in Connecticut. I doubt any Republican can beat him.

1/6/2010 8:47:45 AM

Dodd was great in my opinion, this is a loss to this country

1/6/2010 11:16:38 AM

ND is a GOP pick-up if the governor runs, CT will stay Dem because any Dem will be running against either a failed congressman or any number of vanity candidates with no credibility (Linda McMahon?)

1/6/2010 1:53:49 PM

^^lol, lafta indeed

1/6/2010 1:55:43 PM

^^ What about Peter Schiff?

1/6/2010 2:33:05 PM

I looked him up and he's polling at like 5%. Why, is there something about him I missed?

1/8/2010 2:54:23 PM

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/01/14/blumenthal-has-big-lead-in-connecticut/

Quote :

"Blumenthal has big lead in Connecticut (CNN) - The new Democratic Senate candidate in Connecticut has large leads over his Republican opponents in the battle to replace retiring Sen. Chris Dodd, according to a new poll. A Quinnipiac University survey of registered voters in Connecticut indicates that state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal leads former Rep. Rob Simmons 62 to 27 percent, former professional wrestling executive Linda McMahon 64 to 23 percent and businessman Peter Schiff 66 to 19 percent in hypothetical general election matchups. Blumenthal, Connecticut's attorney general for the past two decades, announced his candidacy on January 6, a couple of hours after fellow Democrat Dodd, a five term senator, announced he would not run for re-election this November. Dodd had been considered one of the most vulnerable Democrats seeking-re-election in 2010. The Quinnipiac poll was conducted January 8-12. In the general election match-ups, the survey indicates Blumenthal is grabbing the support 9 out of 10 Democratic voters, around 6 out of 10 independents and around a third of Republican voters. Thirty-seven percent of Republicans questioned in the poll say they back Simmons in a GOP primary, with 27 percent supporting McMahon and 4 percent backing Schiff. Blumenthal leads Merrick Alpert 82 to 4 percent in a Democratic primary matchup. According to the survey, 84 percent of Connecticut voters approve of the job Blumenthal's doing in office. "Attorney General Richard Blumenthal's job approval is unbelievably high, higher than any other politician we've ever measured, other than former President George W. Bush after 9/11," says Quinnipiac University Poll Director Douglas Schwartz."

Yeah, Schiff is the worst match up against Blumenthal, and the republicans don't seem to like him very much given any other republican options to choose from.

1/14/2010 1:49:33 PM

From the article Moron linked:

Quote :

"While the recent political chatter in Washington has focused on Democrats retiring from Congress, Republicans are leaving the House in greater numbers, a trend that could blunt the party's momentum heading into the November midterm elections. Rep. Henry E. Brown Jr. (S.C.) on Monday became the 14th Republican to announce that he will not run for reelection this year."

+1:

Quote :

"Arizona Republican announces retirement from Congress Posted: January 14th, 2010 07:43 PM ET Washington (CNN) – Arizona Republican Rep. John Shadegg is retiring from Congress, a GOP source confirmed to CNN Thursday."

1/14/2010 11:30:32 PM