THEY'RE DROPPING LIKE FLIES
By DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANN
DickMorris.com
Enter Coats. Exit Bayh. Bye, bye, Bayh!
The first time Evan Bayh gets a serious race for re-election, he quits!
The Scott Brown victory is still rippling through the House and the Senate
causing retirements among committed, dedicated, long-term liberal Democrats.
Seeing voter anger, they are heading for the hills.
The process seems to work as follows:
a. Public anger manifests itself in the Brown victory
b. The improvement in Republican chances impels top notch, former statewide
elected officials to jump into races against Democratic incumbents
c. The Democrat bows out in the face of likely defeat. Suddenly, he wants
to spend more time with his family.
This process has run its course in Indiana and may shortly be manifest in
Wisconsin where former Governor Tommy Thompson is considering a run against
Senator Russ Feingold. It may yet play out in Arkansas where Senator
Blanche Lincoln now has a top tier opponent in Congressman John Boozman.
And Senator Patty Murray may hear footsteps behind her with the entry into the
race of wealthy businessman Paul Akers and the possible entry of former
almost-Governor Dino Rossi. Rossi lost the governorship of Washington
State in a Franken-esque theft after initial counts showed him defeating
Christine Gregoire by 261 votes. Now Governor Gregoire won in the recount.
In New York State, billionaire Mort Zuckerman may take on appointed Senator
Kirsten Gillibrand and, if he doesn't, former Governor George Pataki might jump
into the race.
When we predicted a Republican win in the Senate in 2010, some laughed.
But nobody's laughing now.
On a less high profile level, the House is also swinging Republican. The
death of Pennsylvania Congressman John Murtha opens the way for a likely GOP
pickup in a special election and the Republicans now stand to pick up ten more
seats through Democratic retirements. One wonders if the likes of Texas
Democrat Chip Edwards, South Carolina's John Spratt, or Arkansas' Mike Ross
might not be far behind in the race into retirement.
It now looks more likely than ever that Congress will go Republican in the
elections of 2010.
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