Democrats rebound, Senate races tighten in Colorado, elsewhere

[Liberal_in_LA]

Democrats rebound, Senate races tighten in Colorado, elsewhere

By Steven Thomma
McClatchy Newspapers

DENVER — For months, Republican Ken Buck held a clear edge in his bid to win a key U.S. Senate seat away from the Democrats in Colorado.

Now, in the final days of the campaign, Buck was on the defensive as he met with a friendly group of Republican businesswomen in a Denver office building on a crisp autumn evening.

"I'm not taking your birth control. I'm not taking your Social Security. I'm not taking your student loans," he said. "If I was the person in that commercial, I wouldn't vote for that guy. It's the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen."

Ridiculous or not, Buck's once-solid lead over Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet is shrinking. As in several other Senate races around the country, Democrats here are cranking up President Barack Obama's get-out-the-vote machinery from 2008, working to paint the Republicans as extreme, energizing some of their own base voters and drawing closer in polls.

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The result is that in a handful of states — Colorado, Illinois, Pennsylvania and West Virginia — the Democrats now have at least a fighting chance to hold Senate seats that looked lost in September. If they succeed, they greatly increase their odds of retaining control of the Senate, even as they still appear likely to lose control of the House of Representatives.

"It now appears that the long advantage that the Republicans and Mr. Buck had has dissipated," said Floyd Ciruli, an independent Denver pollster.

There are two key reasons, Ciruli said. First, the Democrats are targeting messages to women on issues such as abortion and rape, and to older women on Social Security. "The base is coming together, and they're probably picking up some unaffiliated voters," he said.




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[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. I call bullshit on this article.

It is not that Democrats are "rebounding," but rather, our level of support was always that high. The Pollsters deliberately skewed the numbers in hopes of scaring us off, and seeing that it is not happening like that, they have to quietly correct their numbers. There will be even bigger shifts as the election nears, with even closer "results."

There may be something else at play. There is so much money involved on the part of the GOP, that voters may be scared into voting.

[Touchdown]

2. I voted on Tues already. Gladly for Bennet

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