NYT: In House Races, More G.O.P. Seats Are Seen at Risk

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/07/us/politics/07elect.html?hp&ex=1160193600&en=84f5338e0babb574&ei=5094&partner=homepage

At least five more Republican Congressional seats are now in serious contention, analysts said Friday, an unwelcome development for Republicans as they begin to confront a political environment further darkened for them by the Congressional page scandal.

Go to Election GuideMore Politics News News From Congressional QuarterlyThe fury over sexually charged messages sent to male teenage pages by Representative Mark Foley of Florida is undercutting Republican support among elderly voters, suburbanites and women, analysts from both parties said.

More immediately — and more alarmingly for Republican strategists who have looked to the party’s powerful voter turnout operation to save the party this year — there are signs that the furor is sapping the enthusiasm of a group essential to Republican victories in 2002 and 2004: religious conservatives.

“The social conservatives are frustrated with what’s going on,” said Saulius Anuzis, the chairman of the Republican Party in Michigan, where, he said, one-third of his volunteers are social conservatives. “We have heard disappointment and disenchantment. The level of commitment isn’t as fierce as it ought to be.”

[Erika]

1. Religious conservatives need to think of the damage W has

done to the poor and the environment. So W and the GOP allow a pedophile, and?

[kysrsoze]

2. Too bad it's the only damned thing they think about

It sickens me how little these people care about anything unless somebody's cock is involved. I'm disgusted all-around.

[rodeodance]

3. love the headline----YET---Dems have to get out and actually VOTE>

[Beetwasher]

4. Sweet!

n/t

[Joe Bacon]

5. yet Ad Nags the Elephant Ass Kisser still spins the story for the Nazis

Ad Nags, will you ever learn?