Reply #4: Well, and anti-incumbent anger [View All]

[zipplewrath]

The independents are what's in play here. The ugly reality is that they were the ones that caused much of the shifts in the last election in red/blue states. Many of these folks aren't deeply into the day to day politics and they are far more influenced by overall trends. With the economy hurting and folks generally pissed off, they can go right as easily as left. It is encouraging to see that in some fairly "red" districts" there are some goofy GOP primaries going on. That could end up hurting their fund raising and making them spend a fair amount of money shoring up weak candidates in otherwise "safe" districts. I don't envy Steele, or whomever gets his job next.