This is getting really rather exciting:
One more Democratic senator who has long been regarded as a safe prospect for reelection may be facing a challenging year in 2010.
A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely voters in Wisconsin finds Republican Tommy Thompson edging incumbent Russ Feingold 47% to 43% in a hypothetical U.S. Senate match-up. Five percent (5%) like some other candidate, and four percent (4%) are undecided.
Any incumbent who attracts less than 50% support at this point in a campaign is considered potentially vulnerable.
We must take nothing for granted – and that means, in 2010, not thinking that any seat is impossible. I was talking it over with a friend the other day regarding the Republican challenger to Nancy Pelosi – of course there is no chance. Come on! Its San Francisco! But, then again…
Our job, as conservatives and Republicans, is to fight it out everywhere – spread the field and tap in to voter anger about the corruption and incompetence of government. We do that, and we can have an astounding year.
UPDATE: The growing rumors of a Hillary Clinton primary challenge in 2012. Me: I don’t think it will happen because the Democrat powers-that-be know that if by some chance Hillary did knock Obama out in the primary, the African-American vote would be greatly reduced in November, ensuring not only a Democrat White House loss, but a complete collapse in the Democrat House and State legislative seats. Still, the rumor is there…
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