[Dean's World] Dean: It's Campaign Season!

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Posted by Dean:
It's Campaign Season!
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1157652809.shtml


   Traditionally, Labor Day marks the day when Americans start seriously
   thinking about the November elections, which are now only 2 months
   away. The mid-term elections, which will determine the makeup of the
   Senate and the House for the next two years, will be fairly intense
   this year (they're usually boring).

   Much is going to depend this year on voter attitudes, and even moreso
   on turnout. Typically, most voters skip these mid-term elections, so
   whichever party does the better job of getting their voters to show up
   and vote on election day tends to do best.

   An angry electorate with a "throw the bums out" mentality is likely to
   cause a change of control in either or both houses of Congress. Larry
   Sabato, one of the most reliable American political analysts, has
   projections for the [1]Senate and [2]House races. At the moment--and
   of course this could change between now and November--it looks like
   Republicans are likely to retain control of the Senate but lose the
   House. Even their advantage in the Senate is slim, however, and they
   may wind up losing both chambers.

References

   1. http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/2006/senate/
   2. http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/2006/house/