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Where the Seats Are

The upcoming election guarantees gains for the Democrats. They won’t be coming from the South.

By Thomas F. Schaller

Poised to assume their respective posts atop new congressional Democratic majorities, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) can be forgiven a certain giddiness as the 2006 midterm elections approach. Pelosi recently told Time that establishment Democrats in Washington “can’t even believe the fact that I’m going to become Speaker, but they’re getting used to it.” A bit… return to article

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    Good piece. Let the South go. If even a conservative Black like Ford can’t
    win because of the entrenced racism down there, this is not the place
    to waste time on. Having a bunch of anti-abortion, pro-war, NRA type Dems is not my cup of tea. I think it’s possible that liberal or progressive
    whites can align with similar blacks to win occasionally but I wouldn’t bet the ranch on it.

    United States Posted by blondemike on Nov 2, 2006 at 6:36 PM
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