Some senate polls are coming in, and it's looking good! (Thank you, Romney! Thank you!)

[lebkuchen]

Dems 52, Reps 46, two ties

Please try to contribute to Tester, Carmona, Donnelly, Kaine, C. Murphy, Baldwin, Warren, Berkley over at ActBlue.com


http://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2012/Senate/Maps/Sep18-s.html

[Grown2Hate]

1. Wow. We HAVE to keep the momentum going, and hope it spills into the House. NT

[Proud Liberal Dem]

2. If people vote a straight "D" ticket, it will help at all levels

Can't imagine a lot of ticket-switchers in a lot of races

[lebkuchen]

3. As Pelosi said, Obama will win

We must focus on the Congress now. There are so many close races, and I'd forgotten to mention Grayson. We must get him in the winning circle, along with so many other congressional candidates, Gill, P. Murphy, Bera, Graves...

[flamingdem]

4. Time to build on recent successes! n/t

[JRLeft]

5. What about the house?

[lebkuchen]

6. See my post above yours...

Add candidates I missed.

Our (sig. other and myself) have contributed 2 month's worth of COLA to all of them combined. It's imperative to get the good guys in these positions, no matter which house they come from.

[yellowcanine]

7. 52 D - 46 R with 2 ties are good numbers at this point.

Particularly since both ties are in blue states and Maine is not really a tie - Angus King is independent but will likely caucus with Dems, particularly if Dems are the majority without him.

[lebkuchen]

8. Several races are very close

very important to donate to the race(s) of choice in both houses.

As Romney said of Obama supporters, I'm of the 47% who is dependent on the US govt. for assistance. That is because I work for the U.S. Govt. I look at it as throwing good money after good candidates.

[TroyD]

9. WI, ND, VA & NV are all on the line

I still blame Kent Conrad for his selfish decision to retire this year. If it wasn't for him leaving the North Dakota seat vulnerable, the Senate wouldn't be at risk right now.

[TroyD]

10. Latest New Jersey & Pennsylvania polls

New Jersey Senate - Kyrillos vs. Menendez

(Philadelphia Inquirer) - Menendez +11

Menendez (D) 43

Kyrillos (R) 32

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Pennsylvania Senate - Smith vs. Casey - Casey +12

(Morning Call)

Casey (D) 45

Smith (R) 33

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/latest_polls/

[brooklynite]

11. Got him, him, him (but cut him off), him, him, her, her, her...

...also remember Heidi Heitkamp (ND), Sherrod Brown (OH) and Martin Heinrich (NM).

nb - I recognize the desirability of a pickup in Indiana, but Donnelly voted for a Republican bill to bar funding for PP.

[TroyD]

12. Donnelly

Didn't Bill Casey (D-PA) vote with the Republicans on a similar bill in the Senate earlier this year? And I think Joe Manchin (D-WV) did something similar.

The reality is that we are going to have some Blue Dog Democrats in the Senate in more Republican-leaning states. We aren't going to agree with them on everything, but the reality is that it is still better to have a Democrat than a Republican in order to maintain the Senate.

[brooklynite]

13. Casy and Manchin voted for the Blunt amendment...

...I haven't given them money, and they don't really need it.

I don't disagree with the need to bring Blue Dogs into the tent, but I do have a couple of threshold points (in the last cycle, DADT and ACA). The bottom line that I'm spending every $ the FEC allows me to, but I can't cover every candidate, so I give to the competitive campaigns I'm in sync with.

[lebkuchen]

14. I consider every Dem who voted to get us into Iraq a "Blue Dog"

...and I find it interesting that Obama, who opposed the "Let's go to Iraq!" vote, 'knighted" those that didn't. And so it goes.

However, we deal w/what we have, and there are some really bad eggs in the GOP congressional pot.

I didn't list Clayton of TN because he's the equivalent of his opponent. The $$ is better spent elsewhere.

I, too, am only giving to the close races. Now that some GOP candidates are backing away from Mitt to save themselves, it's a clear sign the dems have a great chance to lead in the squeakers.