Republican Incumbents Being Deserted

Tom Cole is losing some friends in Washington.  Too bad for the incumbents being left behind.  Here they are:

Chris Shays and Mark Kirk, two of the last remaining moderates in the GOP, have been told to fight it out themselves.  Both are expected to lose at this point.  Shays seem to had a slim chance, yet that has now become unlikely.  Relative unknown Jim Himes has brought the race even and Shays has been losing support in his base, the McSuburbs of New York City.  The last Republican in New England is headed for defeat.

Randy Kuhl and Jon Porter have received mediocre funding from their party, yet not enough to survive.  Both are heading for the exit door.

Only months ago Republicans were begging for John Shadegg to unretire and he did.  He must now wonder why he gave in to the pressure.  The NRCC has provided no funding and DCCC spending has been so massive that it appears too late for the NRCC to step in for the save.  Shadegg is certainly going down big.

In a quest to save its ideologues, Republicans have overlooked Mark Souder.  Democrats continue to spend against Souder and this spending should be sufficient in evicting Souder from this seat.

Two other Republicans have become extremely endangered: Lincoln Diaz-Balart and Jean Schmidt.  Republican (publicly unreleased) polls show them both behind their challengers.  An infusion of recent spending on behalf of both confirms such.  However, Republicans have also uncovered what many polls have indicated, Paul Kanjorski is heading for defeat.