AP Poll: Congressional Democrats favored
Thanks to reporter Will Lester, this story is making its rounds on the AP wire ...
I think I'll send this to my Democratic Congressional candidate, Mr. Tim Barnwell. He is running against the sitting Republican, Michael Burgess, who is nothing more than a Bush appologist and party-line tugger. Not my kinda guy, one might say.
In Ohio's second district during a special election last year, Democrat Paul Hackett's campaign came within about 2,000 votes of winning a seat in the house of representatives against Republican Jean Schmidt. He ran his campaign entirely on criticism of the president, and got a better showing than any Democrat in that district in the last 30 years. In fact, Ohio's 2nd was, up until that point, ranked as one of the top 10 most Republican-dominated districts in the country. Schmidt was considered a lock. She won, but it came down to the wire.
Comparatively, my district - number 26, currently represented by Republican Michael Burgess - is ranked "solid Republican" by a margin of 64% to 35%. It clocks in as one of the top 100 most Republican dominated districts in the country, but it is no lower than #80, I believe. Schmidt's 2nd district in Ohio was ranked "solid Republican" by a margin of 74% to 25%. No Democrat had come within 40 points of any Republican there for over 30 years.
Today, Hackett is running for Ohio Senate against Ted DeWine, and he's winning in the polls. All this, in what has been considered to be one of the most unbreakable Republican strongholds.
Given these numbers, and this latest AP poll, how many Texans still think Burgess is on "solid" ground? I want a Democrat, and I make no secret of it. I'll always keep bias off of the news pages, but OP-ED is another matter. Barnwell will be in my column come election time. He is a supporter of John Conyers, and a really sharp guy, if I do say so myself. He's my man, and I'm interviewing him on Monday. I'll have it posted up here asap, along with a podcast. Should be interesting.
WASHINGTON - In an ominous election-year sign for Republicans, Americans are leaning sharply toward giving Democrats control of Congress, an AP-Ipsos poll finds. Democrats are favored 49 percent to 36 percent.
The poll was taken this week as Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff pleaded guilty to tax evasion, fraud and corruption charges and agreed to aid a federal investigation of members of Congress and other government officials.
I think I'll send this to my Democratic Congressional candidate, Mr. Tim Barnwell. He is running against the sitting Republican, Michael Burgess, who is nothing more than a Bush appologist and party-line tugger. Not my kinda guy, one might say.
In Ohio's second district during a special election last year, Democrat Paul Hackett's campaign came within about 2,000 votes of winning a seat in the house of representatives against Republican Jean Schmidt. He ran his campaign entirely on criticism of the president, and got a better showing than any Democrat in that district in the last 30 years. In fact, Ohio's 2nd was, up until that point, ranked as one of the top 10 most Republican-dominated districts in the country. Schmidt was considered a lock. She won, but it came down to the wire.
Comparatively, my district - number 26, currently represented by Republican Michael Burgess - is ranked "solid Republican" by a margin of 64% to 35%. It clocks in as one of the top 100 most Republican dominated districts in the country, but it is no lower than #80, I believe. Schmidt's 2nd district in Ohio was ranked "solid Republican" by a margin of 74% to 25%. No Democrat had come within 40 points of any Republican there for over 30 years.
Today, Hackett is running for Ohio Senate against Ted DeWine, and he's winning in the polls. All this, in what has been considered to be one of the most unbreakable Republican strongholds.
Given these numbers, and this latest AP poll, how many Texans still think Burgess is on "solid" ground? I want a Democrat, and I make no secret of it. I'll always keep bias off of the news pages, but OP-ED is another matter. Barnwell will be in my column come election time. He is a supporter of John Conyers, and a really sharp guy, if I do say so myself. He's my man, and I'm interviewing him on Monday. I'll have it posted up here asap, along with a podcast. Should be interesting.
