I Think Republicans Are Focusing on the Wrong Race
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I think Republicans are focusing on the wrong race.
The White House is important.
But losing, and likely losing big, in the House and Congress, well, right now, that's more important.
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Some telling signs of late.
A Mississippi congressional seat that was assumed a Republican lock was un-locked yesterday.
Democrat Travis Childers trouncing Republican Greg Davis, by 54 to 46 percent.
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This, in a district that voted for President Bush by a 25 point margin.
And Real Clear Politics' Reid Wilson reports this conservative Democrat won, get this in many rural counties once considered Republican strong-holds.
No more.
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And no longer unusual.
Keep in mind, Republicans have already lost two other special elections in Illinois and Louisiana.
Now three House seats do not a general election make, but they do make for trends.
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And disturbing trends at that for a Republican Party hell-bent on keeping the White House, but forgetting even a victory there is meaningless if the other guys can stop you every step of the way in their house... Congress.
After all, Democrats are a mere handful of votes away from locking in a veto-proof and filibuster-proof 60-vote majority in the Senate.
And that, again, on top of very real gains, ahead of the election, in the House.
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I know the presidency gets all the press.
But it's Congress that passes all the laws.
Republicans would be wise to remember that.
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Democrats, clearly, haven't forgotten that.
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