GOP In Peril Of Losing House Majority, Major Senate Losses

Free Internet Press:

"After a year of political turmoil, Republicans enter the fall campaign with their control of the House in serious jeopardy, the possibility of major losses in the Senate, and a national mood so unsettled that districts once considered safely Republican are now competitive, analysts and strategists in both parties say.

Sixty-five days before the election, the signs of Republican vulnerability are widespread.

Indiana, which President Bush carried by 21 percentage points in 2004, now has three Republican House incumbents in fiercely contested races. Around the country, some of the most senior Republicans are facing their stiffest challenges in years, including Representative E. Clay Shaw, Jr., of Florida, the veteran Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee; Representative Nancy L. Johnson, of Connecticut, a state increasingly symbolic of this year’s political unrest; and Representative Deborah Pryce, of Ohio, the No. 4 Republican in the House."