Polls look good to defeat several Republican incumbents

[quaoar]

http://www.thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/061605/dems.html

Dems cheer House poll
By Josephine Hearn

Recent Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) polling shows that seven Republican members would be easily defeated if their reelection took place today, the committee’s chairman told House Democrats yesterday at a closed-door meeting.

While Rep. Rahm Emanuel (Ill.) did not name the members, who are from districts “around the country,” he said all polled at 43 percent or less when voters were asked if they would vote today to reelect their congressional representative, sources at the meeting told The Hill.

Emanuel said three of the Republicans polled below 40 percent, including one, from a Western state, at 32 percent and another, a Californian, at 34 percent. The DCCC has targeted three California members: Reps. David Dreier, Richard Pombo and Randy “Duke” Cunningham.

The numbers created a palpable buzz in the room, said one attendee, as the assembled Democrats mulled the prospect of unseating a handful of vulnerable Republicans. Democrats have seized on recent nationwide polls showing high disapproval ratings for Congress and the president.

[mahina]

1. Democratic Senate & House in 06 = Bush indicted.

Please God Please God Please God Please.

[Warpy]

5. You'll have to hope the impeachment doesn't fail before then

because if it's brought now, it will fail. The GOP is so corrupt it will never vote against one of their own in order to save the country.

If it fails now, it won't be brought up in 2007.

[FrenchieCat]

2. Would love to see those three go!

Reps. David Dreier, Richard Pombo and Randy “Duke” Cunningham.

Barbara Lee is my Rep....and she definitely speaks for me.

If we can win back the house in 2006....it's bu-bye Bush!

Lordie....let me pray!

[depakid]

4. "Mercury boy" Pombo

That's one guy that the Dems should have taken out a long, long time ago-

[FrenchieCat]

6. We tried....

:shrug:

and it almost worked last time.

[depakid]

9. What's the deal, do people just love being poisoned

in that district?

This corrupt idiot never met a toxic chemical he didn't like-

Check this out:

Heavy Metal Madness.

To hear Pombo tell it, Minamata never happened.

[deadparrot]

3. Yes, but how many

Democrats would lose their seats?

Hopefully not many, but there's no way to know...

[kster]

7. But they

can't win if they don't stop the electronic vote eating machines.

[kster]

8. But they

can't win if they don't stop the electronic vote eating machines.

[KingFlorez]

10. I had looked at Cunninghams seat

As a potential marginal, so I'm glad the DCCC is targeting the Republicans in marginal seats, that never face opposition.

[quaoar]

11. Cunningham is vulnerable now

Given his sweetheart house deal and now with the story about the yacht.

[cascadiance]

13. We were just having some good laughs at our Dem meeting tonight!

About all of the recent events for Cunningham, who's been our notorious congress critter! You can bet that in the coming weeks we're going to be out heavily campaigning for Francine Busby against him, along with Donna Frye for the mayoral election next month!

If Tom Delay has to show his support for Cunningham, that's an act of desperation that won't wring well with moderate voters that don't have any love for Texans here!

Gawd I'd love to see our sea of Republican leaders become Democrats (and perhaps all women at that too!)!

1. New democratic mayor here!
2. Recall Arnold or at least get rid of him for governor by 2006 election...
3. Get rid of Randy Duke Cunningham and put in Francine Busby instead!
4. Keep Feinstein or another Dem as Senator!
5. IMPEACH BUSH AND CHENEY before 2008 and have Nancy Pelosi in as president then!

[Clarkie1]

12. YES!!! TARGET RICHARD POMBO THAT MORONIC COWBOY JACKASS

PLEASE, HELP ME RID MY DISTRICT OF THIS BUSHIE!

[Pacifist Patriot]

14. I understand the political reality of the situation, but just once I'd

love to see the Democrats go hard after a Repub who seems like a lock. My rep doesn't even bother to campaign anymore. Just throws up a few street corner signs ten days or so before the election. I would so love to see the democrats organize and fund the crap out of a challenge that would blow him off the map.

As I said, I understand the reality, but a girl can dream.