The Countdown of Tuesdays is truly on now, as Election Day is in exactly four weeks. Can the Democrats use this time to turn around the 2010 Campaign, or are Republicans on their way to a rout?
The White House on Monday was once more touting the angle that Democrats are on the path back to at least limiting their losses this year, arguing the President is doing a good job to spur voter interest in blue states.
At the regular White House Briefing for reporters, Presidential Press Secretary Robert Gibbs predicted that Democrats would hold on to Congress in the November elections.
"I still believe that the Democrats will control the House after Election Day in 2010," Gibbs said, adding that he felt the same on the Senate.
"I think we'll control both after the election."
But as Democrats noted polls like one from Newsweek that showed a five point advantage for Democrats on the generic Congressional ballot question, there were fresh signs that Republicans are still running strong in a trio of key Senate races.
The polls from Marist University, done in conjunction with McClatchy News Service, gave GOP Senate candidates a 9-point lead in Pennsylvania, an 8-point lead in Colorado and a 7-point lead in Wisconsin.
All three of those seats are held by Democrats, and are key to any GOP dreams of taking over the Senate in November.
A fourth seat in Connecticut did have some positive news for Democrats, as a Public Policy Polling survey gave state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal a 12 point lead over Republican Linda McMahon. But it must be pointed out that PPP is a firm that leans to the Democratic side.
And there were two bubbling stories about GOP Senate nominees in Nevada and Delaware, one involving a secret recording of Sharron Angle and the other a 2006 debate where Christine O'Donnell said she had access to secret intelligence that showed China was plotting to take over America.
And then, there was Bozo-Gate. Yep, you read that right. The issue? Whether Christine O'Donnell had told the truth several years ago that her father had played Bozo on TV in Philadelphia.
I just can't make this stuff up.
At the regular White House Briefing for reporters, Presidential Press Secretary Robert Gibbs predicted that Democrats would hold on to Congress in the November elections.
"I still believe that the Democrats will control the House after Election Day in 2010," Gibbs said, adding that he felt the same on the Senate.
"I think we'll control both after the election."
But as Democrats noted polls like one from Newsweek that showed a five point advantage for Democrats on the generic Congressional ballot question, there were fresh signs that Republicans are still running strong in a trio of key Senate races.
The polls from Marist University, done in conjunction with McClatchy News Service, gave GOP Senate candidates a 9-point lead in Pennsylvania, an 8-point lead in Colorado and a 7-point lead in Wisconsin.
All three of those seats are held by Democrats, and are key to any GOP dreams of taking over the Senate in November.
A fourth seat in Connecticut did have some positive news for Democrats, as a Public Policy Polling survey gave state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal a 12 point lead over Republican Linda McMahon. But it must be pointed out that PPP is a firm that leans to the Democratic side.
And there were two bubbling stories about GOP Senate nominees in Nevada and Delaware, one involving a secret recording of Sharron Angle and the other a 2006 debate where Christine O'Donnell said she had access to secret intelligence that showed China was plotting to take over America.
And then, there was Bozo-Gate. Yep, you read that right. The issue? Whether Christine O'Donnell had told the truth several years ago that her father had played Bozo on TV in Philadelphia.
I just can't make this stuff up.
You have said it all. Not much else to say.
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