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Jack
From Larry Sabato.

There are currently 56 weak republicans and 14 weak democrats. Five repubilcan seats are almost certainity going to the dems AZ-8, CO-7, IA-1, PA-6, and TX-22. There are 17 Republican seats that are toss-ups, 10 which are leaning republican, and 24 which are likey republican but still weak.

For the democrats, there are no losses, 1 toss-up, 7 leaning democrat, and 6 which are likely but weak.

The democrats need 15 seats to retake the house and they are currently excepted to have a net gain of 15.

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JayHawk
still believe in the two-party system ?
nygreenguy
Dan Maffei WILL win NY 25.
sky of mind
QUOTE(JayHawk @ Wednesday, 20 September 2006, 11:56 am) [snapback]73279[/snapback]

still believe in the two-party system ?




Considering that at the moment this is all we have to work with, yes!
When this situation changes, then I'll reconsider the options.


This two party system you speak of would be much more desirable than the Republican rubber stamp one party system we now suffer with.
Jack
QUOTE(sky of mind @ Wednesday, 20 September 2006, 11:48 am) [snapback]73291[/snapback]

Considering that at the moment this is all we have to work with, yes!
When this situation changes, then I'll reconsider the options.
This two party system you speak of would be much more desirable than the Republican rubber stamp one party system we now suffer with.



Yeah, i don't have much issue with it. In fact if you look at different democratic governments, the ones which are most stable and most free are usually the two party states. If you have dozens of political parties there is more of a chance for unrest. Plus, in those states there are usually coalitions formed between the parties and there tend to be only two or three sides in the end. I would love there to be a third party out there which matched the democrats and republicans but i'm not going to be discouraged from voting because i only have to realistic choices most of the time.
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