WaPo: Three More Seats Lean Democratic (NY-24, IA-1, PA-7)

[Penndems]

Republican and Democratic strategists agree that 10 GOP-held House seats are now in grave danger of flipping. Where the two sides differ is over how many more seats are teetering on the edge.

The most optimistic Republicans -- and based on his press conference yesterday, that includes President Bush -- say they can still keep the majority. Most Democratic observers and believe a Democratic majority is all but certain. The president warned them not to start dancing in the end zone before they score the touchdown.

On our list of 35 of the most competitive House races, we now rate 10 Republican-held seats as leaning Democratic. This is up from the seven GOP seats initially rated as "Leans Democrat" on the Countdown when we started earlier this week. The three new races we have moved to the "Leans Democrat" category are New York's 24th, Iowa's 1st and Pennsylvania's 7th.

The contests in New York and Iowa are in open seats being vacated by Republican incumbents. In New York, national Democrats have successfully labeled Republican state Sen. Ray Meier (R) as a tax-raiser -- a rarity in today’s politics. In Iowa, the sour national climate has combined with the Democratic-leanings of eastern Iowa to make attorney Bruce Braley (D) a favorite over restaurateur Mike Whalen (R).

Link to "The Fix" Congressional Countdown:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/interactives/campaign06/countdown.html
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[longship]

1. Lots more here.

Sorry, it's my journal (shameless self-promotion). But I've been watching a lot of things recently. I've made many optimistic posts.

The tsunami is building.

Keep at it DUers! It's working.

on edit: link fixed.

[Penndems]

3. Thanks, longship - shameless self-promotion appreciated!

It's hard to keep up with all of the great journals on DU, and I appreciate it when someone gives me a heads-up on one.

(Tried clicking on the link - not working for me! :( )

[longship]

6. Link fixed.

My bad. Fumble fingers.

[Penndems]

7. Thanks - Your journal looks great!

Nice to know there's a central location on DU for seeking out political info.

[still_one]

2. The key is leaning, if we get the standard pathetic 20% voter turnout

we are screwed

It is as simple as this, if we turnout in numbers we win, if we don't we lose

[Penndems]

4. It all boils down to GOTV, still_one

Making those phone calls, voter ID-ing, lit drops.

[tblue]

5. What Penndems said