House 2008: Open Seat Watch (August)

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1. Boo!

   1. She is such an entrenched force in the Marion County Democratic Party, that no one serious is really going to run against her (some guy whose name I forget did last time, and did terribly).  And I can’t see any circumstance where I would support a primary — myself and most other Democrats here have too much respect for Julia — and that’s why it would kill me to see her beat in a general election.

2. McHugh was the only Republican to win ove 60% last year in New York.

   I can’t really think of any Democrat in this area who can be good potential candidates.

   State Assemblymen William Magee of Madison County or Darrel Aubertine of Cape Vincent are the only ones who come to mind.

   The district may not be very Republican in national races, but it votes strongly Republican in local and state races.

3. Hi All — Haven’t posted in a long time (sort of fell out of the habit), but I’ll try to get back to it.  As I’ve said here before, I absolutely adore my Congresswoman, Julia Carson, but it’s time for her to retire — most importantly because there are legitimate questions about her ability to do her job, and almost as importantly, if she runs for re-election it puts this seat in play.  She’s gotten lucky the past couple of cycles in that the Republicans have not really gone after the seat with a top-tier candidate, and I don’t think she’ll get lucky again.  She’s a legend in Indianapolis politics, but it’s time for her to step aside.

   1. the Senate open seats are:

      Confirmed:
      Colorado

      Possible:
      Virginia
      Idaho
      Nebraska
      Alaska
      South Dakota
      New Mexico
      South Carolina – Primary
      (North Carolina)
      (Tennessee)
      (Oklahoma)
      (New Jersey)

      We could very plausibly have five or six open seats in the Senate.  Could be interesting.

   2. I’d switch my registration to Republican in order to vote for these guys, Schmidt to beat in the general election, Gilchrest and Walter Jones because they are likely the best possible representatives we can get from these districts (especially Jones), though, there might be a small chance at Gilchrest seeing as how the former Republican Governor Ehlric has already endorsed the Democrat in this race.

4. is gonna get a primary, I think.  He should probably go on your list with Schmidt and Gilchrest.

5. He’s played footsie with Gilchrest’s primary challenger Andrew Harris, but hasn’t actually endorsed him.  Another issue: Boswell votes 90-95 percent with the Democratic agenda overall and now he’s a conservative Democrat?

6. That way I don’t have to explain to people in Iowa that Democrats don’t want to take your gun away, etc.,etc.  I am tired of these litmus tests that go on.  Boswell is a good man and a good Democrat who represents the majority of the district. 

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