Democrats Seek Gains in GOP Territory

[Omaha Steve]

http://apnews.excite.com/article/20061105/D8L6L88G0.html

Democrats Seek Gains in GOP Territory
Email this Story

Nov 4, 10:01 PM (ET)

By DAVID ESPO

WASHINGTON (AP) - Long locked out of power, Democrats appear poised to win control of the House and possibly the Senate in midterm elections this week amid a national clamor for change after four years of war in Iraq.

Democrats also are on track to replace Republican governors in several states, New York, Ohio and Massachusetts among them. Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger seems safely on his way to a first full term in California, the most populous state.

Six years after President Bush took office and with his poll ratings at no better than 40 percent, all 435 House seats are on the ballot, as well as 33 Senate and 36 gubernatorial races. Voters in 37 states will determine the fate of ballot initiatives, deciding whether to raise the minimum wage, ban gay marriage, endorse expanded embryonic stem cell research and - in South Dakota - impose the country's most stringent abortion restrictions.


Missouri Democratic Senate candidate Claire McCaskill greets patrons at an ice cream shop in St. Louis, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2006. The stop was part of a 24-hour campaign tour of the St. Louis area. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

State legislative and local races by the thousands filled out the ballots in nearly every county.

FULL stroy at link above.

[dorktv]

1. I was just looking at the Crystal Ball...

Ah that ocean of blue...

[silverojo]

2. Same old story, throughout US history

People poo-poo the Dems, elect Repukes who f*ck up the country, then come crawling back to the Dems to fix everything.

We're always the Party that saves America from disaster....