How do we keep the House? Right now it looks like we are

[Kdillard]

going to keep the Senate but lose the House. I really don't want to see that happen because the House has been very good under Nancy Pelosi's leadership and the Senate has been the problem. Does anyone have any ideas which races we need to work on because Nate Silver has us at 211 in the House come Nov.

[LiberalFighter]

1. Tell me this

The forecast center site has the Dems at 211.6 and the Dirtbags at 223.4

The House Race Ratings has it as 168 solid with 46 leaning Dems with a total of 214 and 168 solid with 19 leaning Dirtbags with a total of 187.

There are 34 tossups. The Dirtbags would pretty much have to run the table with the tossups to reach 221. Run the table?? The Dirtbags need 218 to gain control. They need 31 of those 34 tossups to make it happen.

Nate Silver may not see it but there is likely to be some of those solid republican district(s) that are in play too.

[Kdillard]

2. That makes me feel better. The orange one is already measuring the

drapes ugh but hopefully the surprise wil be on them.

[Aristus]

3. Better to lose the Senate and keep the House, if we have to lose one or the other.

The House can institute impeachment proceedings. Even if the Senate acquits, all anybody will ever remember is that an impeachment happened. I've heard people say: "Bill Clinton was impeached! Why wasn't he removed from office?" So many people are unaware that an impeachment is an indictment, not a conviction.

If we lose the Senate but keep the House, the repukes can roil away all they want about the President. But they can't bring legal proceedings, spurious though they would be, against him.

[Kdillard]

5. Yep the House is vital for many reasons and I really don't want the next

two years wasted fighting ridiculous charges or investigations from Republicans. I would understand giving them power if they were giving the people great proposals but the only thing they seem to want to do is increase the deficit with tax cuts for the rich and launch tax payer wasting investigations to impeach Obama. Hopefully the above poster is right and we can get enough of the toss upsto keep the House from going that direction.

[LiberalFighter]

7. Just think. If Madison and the founders had instituted only a House or Senate instead of both

Impeachment proceedings and a vote to convict would happen in just the one chamber.

[RBInMaine]

4. If we hit the TeaRePUKES very very hard and run a decent ground game, we hold on. Simple as that.

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

6. I'd like advice on this as well.

I'd like to send some cash to the Dems in the closest races in the House.