WaPo: "Anxious GOP Focuses on Not Losing Senate"

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Anxious GOP Focuses on Not Losing Senate
Tight Races in Va., Mo. and Tenn. Seen as Crucial; House Outlook Remains Grim

Republicans entered the campaign's final weekend yesterday desperately trying to keep control of the Senate, with three or four tossup races likely to determine whether the GOP can cling to power there even as it sees its hold on the House eroding.

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Democrats "should pick up five to seven seats," said Stuart Rothenberg, who writes a nonpartisan political newsletter from Washington. If he had to guess, he said, "I expect the Democrats to win six seats," but the outcome is far from certain.

The picture in the House remains grim for Republicans, with analysts from both parties predicting that Democrats will pick up the 15 seats they need for the majority, and possibly twice that number. The Senate, once thought beyond the Democrats' reach, is the focal point of the campaign's final sprint.

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For House Republicans, the political terrain appears to be eroding beneath their feet, several analysts said. GOP seats that only a week ago seemed to be solidifying -- such as those held by Reps. Charles Bass in New Hampshire, Marilyn Musgrave in Colorado, Melissa Hart in Pennsylvania, John E. Sweeney in New York, Jim Ryun in Kansas, J.D. Hayworth in Arizona and Richard W. Pombo in California -- are turning very soft.

"The bottom just fell out," said Amy Walter, a House analyst at the nonpartisan Cook Political Report. Her publication predicted yesterday that Republicans will lose 20 to 35 seats. Rothenberg predicted a 34-to-40-seat Democratic gain. "The House is gone," he said.

In various places, voters complained yesterday about a deluge of automated phone calls from candidates and party committees, generating at least two Federal Election Commission complaints from Democratic voters in Connecticut and Pennsylvania. Some voters reported receiving up to seven calls per day, including calls in the middle of the night.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/03/AR2006110301706_pf.html

[Tom Joad]

1. they should concentrate on getting bush a good impeachment lawyer.

[Kierkegaard]

4. A bunch of 'em ought to start thinking about getting fitted

for orange jump suits.

[Trajan]

2. I swear ....

If THIS keeps up, I may just have to change my mood ....

Their squirming alone is almost worth the price of admission ....

"The House is gone" ....

[StellaBlue]

3. IMPEACH! IMPEACH!

Everybody, all together now!

IMPEACH! IMPEACH! IMPEACH!!!