Poll: Andre Carson and Jon Elrod in Dead Heat!

I have a question for you (4.00 / 1)

Do you want the right wing Republicans to take over the US House?  Because that's what will likely happen if they win this race.  Money will start flowing into their campaigns and they will be defeating Democratic incumbents all over the country.  Is that what you want?

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by: Mr.Phips @ Sat Jan 12, 2008 at 18:30:12 PM CST

Doomsday Scenario? (0.00 / 0)

Republicans are going to lose seats in the US Congress.  If there were only a few seats seperating them from us, I'd swallow the poison pill and vote for your man.  But there is room to lose this seat, Democrats will still expand their margin in both the House and Senate.

Democratic incumbents "all over the country" aren't running on their grandma's name, I don't think they have much to worry about.

Hoosier Progressive

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by: Vox Populi @ Sat Jan 12, 2008 at 18:36:07 PM CST

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Democrats don't have much room (4.00 / 1)

for error.  All Republicans need is a net gain of 16 seats(15 if they win this) to put John Boehner in the Speaker's chair.  Boehner would be the most right wing Speaker of the House in history.  This is a man that wants the minimum wage abolished and called Social Security "wasteful spending".  Im not ready to take that chance.  

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by: Mr.Phips @ Sat Jan 12, 2008 at 18:43:12 PM CST

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So.. (0.00 / 0)

What you're saying is that you are fine being represented in Congress by an unqualified candidate without a voting trail who rode to the nomination on his granny's name?  Did I get that right?

Republicans are going to LOSE seats, not pick them up.  The Democratic margin will increase, and a Republican, if he won this seat in the Special Election, would lose it in November.

And Boehner would not become speaker.

Hoosier Progressive

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by: Vox Populi @ Sat Jan 12, 2008 at 18:55:19 PM CST

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Boehner (0.00 / 0)

would become speaker if Republicans took over the House again.  

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by: Mr.Phips @ Sat Jan 12, 2008 at 19:04:13 PM CST

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Thanks, Wilson (0.00 / 0)

If it were an automatic ascent, Dick Armey would have become Speaker after Gingrich stepped down.

Hoosier Progressive

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by: Vox Populi @ Sat Jan 12, 2008 at 19:08:26 PM CST

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Domino Theory? (0.00 / 0)

I was under the impression that we had canned the Domino Theory after Vietnam...

If we go over and check out DCCC.org, who's tossing their weight behind Mr. Carson, vit their Red-to-Blue campaign, they all seem confident that we'll pick up seats by the truckload this fall.  And I, for one, don't see why we wouldn't.

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by: OwenCountyLiberal @ Fri Jan 18, 2008 at 14:06:41 PM CST

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Thank you! (0.00 / 0)

The idea that a single race in Indianapolis as a catalyst for Republican resurgance across the nation is silly.

Hoosier Progressive

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by: Vox Populi @ Fri Jan 18, 2008 at 14:34:48 PM CST

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