Sunday, July 18, 2004
Watch Tx-19 and WA-5...and kick Murray.
PK's inside the beltway source tells us another race in Texas that's got good vibes for the Dems is Charlie Stenholm. Stenholm is running in Texas-19 against Randy Neugebauer. We recommend keeping an eye on polling in this race.
Our source also tells us that "Washington is buzzing" about the very real possibility that the GOP could lose one of their crown jewels in the House: Washington-5. As you may recall, this seat was the emerald of the Republican Revolution in 1994 with Republican George Nethercutt defeating then Speaker of the House Tom Foley. There are three Republican candidates for this seat. None has been able to raise even $150,000 in the last 3 months. Our source refers to them as "the gang that can't shoot straight, or more accurately, at all". These three candidates must square off in the very late September 14 Washington Primary. The candidate that emerges victorious will then face DemocratDon Barbieri. Barbieri is the former CEO of West Coast Hotels. Barbieri's campaign chest is more than the three GOP candidates combined. In the end, a very broke GOP candidate will be running against a very well funded centrist (not conservative) Democrat.
On the flip side, a red flag race for the Dems is the Washington Senate seat of Patty Murray. There's concern that Murray's campaign appears very disorganized this election season. Some in Washington believe Murray isn't paying close enough attention to her campaign. The ironic "cherry on the cake" for this race is Murray's opponent: George Nethercutt. Noone is going so far yet as to say Ms Murray will lose the seat..but there's definitely some worry. The blogosphere might need to start pressing Ms. Murray to get her act together....
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Our source also tells us that "Washington is buzzing" about the very real possibility that the GOP could lose one of their crown jewels in the House: Washington-5. As you may recall, this seat was the emerald of the Republican Revolution in 1994 with Republican George Nethercutt defeating then Speaker of the House Tom Foley. There are three Republican candidates for this seat. None has been able to raise even $150,000 in the last 3 months. Our source refers to them as "the gang that can't shoot straight, or more accurately, at all". These three candidates must square off in the very late September 14 Washington Primary. The candidate that emerges victorious will then face DemocratDon Barbieri. Barbieri is the former CEO of West Coast Hotels. Barbieri's campaign chest is more than the three GOP candidates combined. In the end, a very broke GOP candidate will be running against a very well funded centrist (not conservative) Democrat.
On the flip side, a red flag race for the Dems is the Washington Senate seat of Patty Murray. There's concern that Murray's campaign appears very disorganized this election season. Some in Washington believe Murray isn't paying close enough attention to her campaign. The ironic "cherry on the cake" for this race is Murray's opponent: George Nethercutt. Noone is going so far yet as to say Ms Murray will lose the seat..but there's definitely some worry. The blogosphere might need to start pressing Ms. Murray to get her act together....
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