One of the worries: Mizzou
Here's the concerned Kos:
"I'm getting a little nervous with people thinking we have any race this fall in the bag. While things look great for us right now, the election isn't right now. And if Republicans can do anything, it's close the deal. And quite frankly, we're not a sure thing anywhere.
We've got to pick up six seats for a majority, seven if we want to avoid a potential Lieberman blackmail situation (if he wins his race). We have to hold all of our own endangered seats (looking solid in MN, okay in MD, and iffy in NJ). Then, in the Republican-held competitive races left -- MO, MT, OH, PA, RI, TN, and VA -- all but one feature incumbents, always the hardest races to win. Incumbents rarely, rarely lose.
Same case in Missouri, where Talent (R) has more than $4 million more than Democrat Claire McCaskill. The NRC and NRSC will drown out the DSCC's efforts as well. We'll get swamped with money, and this is a race that is essentially tied and will go down to the wire in a state that has been trending Red in recent election cycles.
So no slacking. No premature celebrating. No heightened expectations.
There's a reason I'm pessimistic about our chances this year. It's because no has voted yet and nothing in this biz is ever guaranteed."
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