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Dems on Capitol Hill Fear Obama Fallout : FT

Democratic jitters about the US presidential race have spread to Capitol Hill, where some members of Congress are worried that Barack Obama's faltering campaign could hurt their chances of re-election. Party leaders have been hoping to strengthen Democratic control of the House and Senate in November, but John McCain's jump in the polls has stoked fears of a Republican resurgence.

A Democratic fundraiser for Congressional candidates said some planned to distance themselves from Mr Obama and not attack Mr McCain. "If people are voting for McCain it could help Republicans all the way down the ticket, even in a year when the Democrats should be sweeping all before us," said the fundraiser, a former Hillary Clinton supporter. "There is a growing sense of doom among Democrats I have spoken to . . . People are going crazy, telling the campaign 'you've got to do something'."
Yeah...but I don't think Obama's likely to put a sock in it any time soon...
Concern was greatest among first-term representatives who won seats in traditionally Republican districts in the landslide of 2006. "Several of them face a real fight to hold on to those seats," the fundraiser said.

Tony Podesta, a senior Democratic lobbyist, said members of Congress were "a little nervous" after Mr McCain shook up the race with his choice of Sarah Palin as running mate and intensified attacks on Mr Obama. "Republicans have been on the offensive for the past two weeks . . . You don't win elections on the defensive." Or on the offensive as practiced by the DailyKos/DU crowd, either....
The campaign manager for a first-term Democratic congressman from a blue-collar district in the north-east rejected suggestions that Mr Obama had become a liability. He said his candidate would reach out to Republicans and avoid attacks on Mr McCain.

Posted by Swamp Blondie in the Cornfields 2008-09-12 09:35|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top

#1 By a starnbge coincidence, jus today Gallup's poll for Congrees gives the Democrat having a mere 3% lead down from double digits just a few weeks ago.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2008-09-12 10:30|| 2008-09-12 10:30|| Front Page Top

#2 Die you mind diseased vermin and cockroaches.
All of your corrupt and backward thinking rubes.

Posted by newc">newc 2008-09-12 11:26|| 2008-09-12 11:26|| Front Page Top

#3 It couldn't be because they haven't done a goddamned thing since being elected could it? They had their chance to craft an energy bill and other things that would have had some impact on voters, but they didn't. So screw em.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-09-12 11:56|| 2008-09-12 11:56|| Front Page Top

#4 Intrade.com has McCain winning. They have a better prediction record than the polls.

Posted by Formerly Dan 2008-09-12 13:01|| 2008-09-12 13:01|| Front Page Top

#5 The Trunks don't have to win Congress, just whittle it down to a margin filled with DINOs. Then if the Congressional Trunk leadership [I know an oxymoron] showed as much imagination as McCain, they'd back one of the DINOs as Speaker [DINOs + Trunks = dethroned Nancy]. Saw that done in the NM Statehouse. Cleared the place of some old hacks, who decided to pack it in after that.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-09-12 13:05|| 2008-09-12 13:05|| Front Page Top

#6 Geez, those 9% approval ratings aren't enough to worry about?

Posted by tu3031 2008-09-12 13:55|| 2008-09-12 13:55|| Front Page Top

#7 People are going crazy, telling the campaign 'you've got to do something'."

Throw in the towel! ~~Ike~~ Obama may mean 'certain death.'

Posted by Besoeker 2008-09-12 14:05|| http://www.rantburg.com/comments.php?D=2008-09-12&ID=249758&HC=2&SO=]">[http://www.rantburg.com/comments.php?D=2008-09-12&ID=249758&HC=2&SO=] 2008-09-12 14:05|| Front Page Top

#8 Get some Republican newcomers to ride into office on McCain's coattails and suddenly you have the White House, the Senate and the House of Representatives all turning red. Get enough Republican senators and McCain has an easy time with SCOTUS appointees. And there'd be nothing like a bumper crop of freshmen representatives to keep McCain honest about immigration. OK, folks. I'm beginning to come around.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2008-09-12 14:12|| 2008-09-12 14:12|| Front Page Top

#9 I'd be happy with divided government. It does less and is less corrupt.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-09-12 14:16|| 2008-09-12 14:16|| Front Page Top

#10 The campaign manager for a first-term Democratic congressman from a blue-collar district in the north-east

Push for union secret ballots, John and call open voting what it is - UN-AMERICAN

Posted by anonymous2u 2008-09-12 20:32|| 2008-09-12 20:32|| Front Page Top

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