tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62064934608366471632024-03-08T03:55:08.801-08:00Blue In TexasJason Alinyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01769432289944359093noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206493460836647163.post-57984914835790695572021-09-18T14:00:00.001-07:002021-09-18T14:00:42.320-07:00Industrial Site Requirements: Beefing Up Safety by Metal Handrails and Stairs<p>When it involves pre-assembled items, you can not beat the security and comfort of upraised metal actions and also railings. These frameworks are made with a single piece of steel that is bonded with each other by experts to create a risk-free setup website for your brand-new project! </p><p><img width="500" alt="stair parts of stairs" src="https://upsideinnovations.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/2nd-story-osha-parts-labeled-2.png">Obviously, metal stairways and railings aren't the only premade products that maintain setup sites safe. Any kind of product can be made with these exact same benefits when you work with a team of experts that know where to resource top quality products like steel stairs! </p><p>Despite the fact that metal stair jobs are much faster than traditional building and construction tasks, they feature a lot of benefits. That's since metal staircase installment sites do not have to worry about the typical threats of building from the ground up like weather condition hold-ups or faulty materials! For lots of business owners, steel barriers are an essential part of their design procedure for industrial establishments. In fact, steel stairways and metal barriers include a number of advantages contrasted to other materials like wood or fiberglass. </p><p>Using steel for a steel staircase railing or steel stairway installment is a lot more affordable as well as resilient. Making use of steel in stairs makes them durable, resilient, and also long-lasting. They do not come to be weakened by dramatic ecological changes, and also unlike wood, they will not be ruined by termites. However, to battle rust of steel, the metal is typically dealt with to be both of those things. Steel stairs can deal with even more weights than lumber actions, which permits even more artistic styles. </p><p><img width="500" alt="metal stairs in commercial use" src="https://www.erectastep.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Commercial-Grade-Metal-Stairs-1024x576.jpg">Metal stairs are incredibly versatile, which means they can be used on any type of kind of business facility from dining establishments to resorts! Actually, metal railings go especially well with industrial structures given that it includes a high end take a look at inexpensive. For example, steel stairway barriers are seen to be a lot more appealing than steel stairs since they can be customized with trendy shapes and designs, which eliminates the need for extra interior design. </p><p>Even if a person is making use of one side of the stairwell, and even if you are holding something in the various other hand, you ought to never ever compromise on safety and security. Regardless of the scenario, you have actually an included level of security with steel stair barriers on both sides. This is due to the fact that steel barriers are not only extra trustworthy yet also provide the essential assistance that will maintain you secure at all times. </p><p>When it pertains to steel stairways and also steel stairway railing systems, there are several choices of solutions readily available in order for you to get exactly what best suits your demands.</p>Jason Alinyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01769432289944359093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206493460836647163.post-15207673124901587732006-12-22T01:50:00.000-08:002011-01-18T11:51:30.110-08:00Chemistry Pick-Up Lines!1. You light up my Bunsen burner!<br />
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2. I feel a bond between us!<br />
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3. Hey, baby, what's your empirical formula?<br />
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4. Call me - my number is 6.02 x 10<sup>23</sup>!<br />
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5. Wanna be my lab partner?<br />
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6. I'm positive, you're negative, let's get together and make a compound!<br />
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7. My name? Bond. Covalent Bond!<br />
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8. Come on, baby, light up my Bunsen burner!<br />
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9. If I could rewrite the periodic table, I would put Uranium and Iodine together, for U and I!<br />
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10. I lost my atomic number. Can I have yours?<br />
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11. Taken any good spectra lately?<br />
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12. Hey baby! I'll be the nucleophile if you'll be the electrophile!<br />
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13. I'd really like to titrate with you.<br />
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14. Let me show you my Schlenk line…<br />
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15. My favorite mechanism is a backside attack. And you?<br />
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16. I'm…an economics major…going for my MBA!<br />
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17. What does it take to get over YOUR activation barrier?<br />
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18. Your lab or mine?<br />
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19. Have you seen the latest issue of J.A.C.S.?<br />
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20. I feel exothermic tonight!<br />
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21. My favorite element is uranium, because I love U!<br />
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22. It's true that opposites attract. We're like an electron and a proton, we come together and now we're stable... and steady!<br />
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23. You're just like an energetic exothermic reaction, hot stuff!<br />
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24. You want to see if we can make some new compounds from an "energetic" reaction?<br />
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25. If I could make any compound, I would make uranium iodide, so I could put U and I together!<br />
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26. You must be one of those new neon compounds with fluorine and iodine, because you are FINe!<br />
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27. If I were a Bunsen burner, you would light my flame.<br />
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28. If I were a Bunsen burner, you would be my flame, hot enough to melt a few things.<br />
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29. You are a photon quanta to my valence electron. You excite me to a higher energy level.<br />
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30. Could you tell me the oxidation state of this atom and your phone number?<br />
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31. You must be a copper-tellurium alloy, because you are CuTe.<br />
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32. Hey baby, wanna fusion?<br />
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33. I got a charge out of bonding with you.<br />
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34. You're the proton to my electron.<br />
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35. You make my atomic number rise.<br />
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36. You're the center of my nucleus.<br />
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37. You get under my valence shell.<br />
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38. How hot is your blue flame?<br />
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39. You're hydrogen (#1) on my Periodic Table.<br />
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40. Our chemical reactions give way to interesting products.<br />
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41. You make me reach my melting point.<br />
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42. You're so cool, molecules stop in your presence.<br />
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43. I have mass. You have mass. We’re naturally attracted!<br />
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<hr style="height: 2px; width: 100%;" /><center><h2>Organic Chemistry pick-up lines!</h2></center><br />
1. Hey baby, I’ll lower your kinetic energy<br />
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2. You make me hotter than sulfur hydroxide mixed with ethyl acetate<br />
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3. You can hydrolyze me anytime<br />
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4. I’d like to conjugate your system<br />
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5. I’ll raise your orbital<br />
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6. You really push my electrons<br />
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7. Why the electronegativity?<br />
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8. You must be a good benzene ring, because you are pleasantly aromatic.<br />
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9. You're an electrophile and I'm a nucleophile, we're attracted and we can make each other happy.<br />
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10. You're an alcohol and I'm your ketone. I'll protect your from the Grignards of life.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206493460836647163.post-80981565502818403022006-06-28T21:05:00.000-07:002011-01-18T11:53:21.813-08:00Democrats Fight To Raise Minimum Wage, Republicans Fight To Give Themselves A Raise...<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060703084243/http://www.cagle.com/working/060624/rogers.gif">Need a more </a><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060703084243/http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/06/27/congress.wage.reut/index.html">vivid illustration</a> of the differences between Democrats and Republicans?<br />
<em><blockquote><em>Democrats in the House and Senate want the $5.15-per-hour federal minimum wage, in place since 1997, to rise in 70-cent increments to $7.25 by January 1, 2009.</em><br />
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<em><strong>In arguing for the minimum-wage increase, Democrats are emphasizing that salaries for members of Congress have risen $31,600 during the time the minimum wage has been frozen.</strong></em><br />
<em>They complain that rising costs for gasoline, utilities, education and food have taken a chunk out of minimum-wage paychecks, which sometimes have to support entire families.</em><br />
<em>Republicans in Congress have blocked numerous attempts to raise the minimum wage, saying it would backfire by causing small businesses to hire fewer entry-level workers.</em><br />
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<em>But with Republican control of the House and Senate uncertain after the November congressional elections, some moderate Republicans have been joining with Democrats to support a minimum-wage increase.</em></blockquote></em>To be fair, 8 Senate Republicans <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060703084243/http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=2&vote=00179">did vote last week to raise the minimum wage</a> for the first time in almost 10 years.<br />
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It's just a shame that 46 of their fellow GOP'ers disagreed.<br />
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That includes you, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060703084243/http://radnofsky.com/">Katie</a> and Johnny...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206493460836647163.post-20249096593399920082006-06-27T23:21:00.000-07:002011-01-18T11:53:54.888-08:00Minimum Wage Vote Vexing for GOP<div class="post-body"> After Wednesday's Senate showdown rejecting a hike, Democrats hope to gain a potent campaign issue for fall.<br />
<blockquote>WASHINGTON – In an election year, it's a dream issue for the Democrats: The Republican-controlled Congress has not raised the federal minimum wage in nine years, despite strong public support for an increase. Wednesday, the Senate voted down a Democratic proposal to raise the minimum wage, by a vote of 52 to 46, and also struck down a Republican version that included provisions the Democrats consider poisonous.<br />
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At the current minimum wage, $5.15 an hour, a full-time worker would earn $10,712 a year, which is below the federal poverty line for a family of three. The Democrats propose an hourly increase of $2.10, and promise that if they take over control of Congress after the fall elections, they will raise the minimum wage on their first day in power.<br />
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The public backs the Democrats. An April survey by the Pew Research Center shows 83 percent of the public favors raising the minimum wage by $2. That figure includes 72 percent of Republicans, and 76 percent of people with household incomes of $75,000 or higher.</blockquote><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060703084243/http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0622/p10s01-uspo.html?s=widep">Read the whole thing here.</a> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206493460836647163.post-39067059025983233212006-06-26T00:50:00.000-07:002011-01-18T11:52:41.395-08:00Quote of the Day<center style="font-weight: bold;"><span>“Focus Group-Tested Buzz Words…Like ‘Cut and Run’ Demean the Debate and Debase the Seriousness of War”</span></center><br />
Guess who said this.<br />
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John Murtha? Nope.<br />
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Ted Kennedy? Wrong again!<br />
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Nancy Pelosi? Three strikes, you're out, dude!<br />
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It is actually Chuck Hagel, <b>Republican</b> of Nebraska.<br />
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<center><img border="2" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20060703084243/http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/hagel1.jpg" /></center><br />
Watch the <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060703084243/http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/21/hagel-buzz-words/" target="_blank">video</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060703084243/http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/21/hagel-buzz-words/">Here's the full transcript</a>:<br />
<blockquote>Congress fails in its duty when we do not probe, when we fail, we do not ask tough questions, and we fail when we do not debate the gate issues of our day. <b>There is no issue more important than war. The war in Iraq is the defining issue on which this Congress and the administration will be judged. </b>The American people want to see serious debate about serious issues from serious leaders. They deserve more than a political debate. This debate should transcend cynical attempts to turn public frustration with the war in Iraq into an electoral advantage. It should be taken more seriously than to simply retreat into focus-group tested buzz words and phrases like “cut and run,” catchy political slogans that debase the seriousness of war. <b>War’s not a partisan issue, Mr. President.</b> It should not be held hostage to political agendas. War should not be drug down into the political muck. America deserves better. Our men and women fighting and dying deserve better.</blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206493460836647163.post-74120835910419661452006-01-11T01:58:00.000-08:002011-01-18T11:48:41.434-08:00Deep in the Red of Texas<b><i>TEXAS – THE LONE STAR STATE</i></b><br />
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Texas is the <b><span style="color: red;">10th most Republican</span></b> state, voting <b><span style="color: red;">20.8% more GOP</span></b> than the national average.<br />
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Based on voting records since 1992, Texas is <b><span style="color: #7f007f;">Steady</span></b>.<br />
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<b>Governor</b>: This will probably be the most interesting race of the year. Budget woes, battles over school financing reform, and a contentious redistricting battle dropped <span style="color: red;">Rick Perry's (R)</span> approval ratings to 38% near the end of the 2005 legislative session but rebounded, largely due to his response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Republican State Comptroller <span style="color: #7f007f;">Carole Keeton Strayhorn</span>, a bitter political enemy of Perry, was expected to wage a primary challenge. However, according to recent news, Strayhorn will run as an independent, like the Jewish Cowboy <span style="color: #7f007f;">Kinky Friedman</span>, who has had remarkable success as of late. Former Congressman <span style="color: blue;">Chris Bell</span> is the Democrat nominee.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Margin of last three polls* (averaged)</span>: 14.25 x 0.75 = <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">10.69</span><br />
Survey USA: 39-15-25-16 (24 – 10 = 14)<br />
Rasmussen: 40-17-19-15 (23 – 8.5 = 14.5)<br />
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Net approval (Survey USA): 2 x 0.15 = <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">0.3</span><br />
State partisan leaning (38-31 GOP): 7 x 0.1 = <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">0.7</span><br />
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Perry will win by <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">11.69%</span><br />
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*Due to the presence of two significant Independent candidates on the ballot here, I am factoring their polling into this formula, by subtracting a quarter of the combined Strayhorn-Friedman numbers from the Perry-Bell difference. For example, the Survey USA poll has Strayhorn at 25% and Friedman at 16%, resulting in a combined 41%. Subtracting a quarter of this total (10) from the Perry-Bell difference (24) gives 14. (And FYI, the number order is Perry-Bell-Strayhorn-Friedman.)<br />
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<b>Senate</b>: <span style="color: red;">Kay Bailey Hutchison (R)</span> will easily win reelection.<br />
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Margin of last three polls (averaged): 39 x 0.75 = <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">29.25</span><br />
Rasmussen: 64-25 Hutchison (+39)<br />
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Net approval (Survey USA 57-31): 26 x 0.1 = <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">2.6</span><br />
State partisan leaning (38-31 GOP): 7 x 0.8 = <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">0.56</span><br />
Ratio of money advantage (7:1 Hutchison): 35 x 0.05 = <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">1.75</span><br />
Bush net approval (Survey USA 42-56): -14 x 0.02 = <span style="color: blue; font-weight: bold;">0.28</span><br />
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Hutchison will win by <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">33.88%</span><span style="color: blue;"></span><br />
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<b>House</b>: <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060522091753/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/tx01_109.gif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">District 1</span></a>: Prior to the 2003 redistricting all three seats which represented the current TX-1 had been held by Democrats for at least 12 years. <span style="color: red;">Louis Gohmert (R)</span> won the seat but received 7% less than President Bush in the same region. Bush's presence on the ballot was the only reason Gohmert won. <span style="color: blue;">Roger Owen (D) </span>may win the district, and <span style="color: yellow;">Donald Perkison (L)</span> is also in the running. <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">VERY WEAK GOP HOLD</span><br />
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<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060522091753/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/tx02_109.gif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">District 2</span></a>: <span style="color: red;">Ted Poe (R)</span> unseated <span style="color: blue;">Nick Lampson (D)</span> after the mid-decade redistricting got him 55% of the vote in this competitive district, and will face a challenge from <span style="color: blue;">Gary Binderim (D)</span>, who has criticized Poe for his party-line votes. Poe also refused to turn in money he received from Tom DeLay's ARMPAC. <span style="color: yellow;">Justo Perez (L)</span> is also in the running. <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">WEAK GOP HOLD</span><br />
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<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060522091753/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/tx10_109.gif"><b>District 10</b></a>: <span style="color: red;">Michael McCaul (R)</span> will face a unique and tough race this year in his district, which stretches from Austin to Houston. His main challenger is 2004 Libertarian presidential candidate <span style="color: yellow;">Michael Badnarik</span>, in addition to <span style="color: blue;">Ted Ankrum (D)</span>. <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">WEAK GOP HOLD</span><br />
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<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060522091753/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/tx17_109.gif"><b>District 17</b></a>: <span style="color: blue;">Chet Edwards</span>, the only Democrat to survive the Tom DeLay redistricting scheme, will probably keep his seat again, as he has enough Republican support to withstand any GOP challenger; this year it is <span style="color: red;">Van Taylor (R)</span>. Also in the running is <span style="color: yellow;">Guillermo Acosta (L)</span>. <b><span style="color: blue;">VERY, VERY WEAK DEM HOLD</span></b><br />
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<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060522091753/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/tx22_109.gif"><b>District 22</b></a>: <span style="color: red;">Tom DeLay (R)</span>, under indictment on state and federal charges, will resign his seat in May. <span style="color: blue;">Nick Lampson (D)</span>, a formidable opponent who was ousted in the redistricting, is in the running, as is ex-Republican <span style="color: #7f007f;">Steve Stockman (I)</span>. Lampson is less likely to win now than against DeLay, but there may be factors working in Lampson's favor. For one, he is well-known and liked in the district (which contains parts of his old district). The lingering resentment over DeLay and the GOP may also work to Lampson's advantage. Stockman could also draw voters that would otherwise vote Republican. Due to the rightward tendencies of this district, the district will likely remain Republican. <b><span style="color: red;">VERY WEAK GOP HOLD</span></b><br />
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Other House races:<br />
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<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060522091753/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/tx03_109.gif">District 3</a>: <span style="color: red;">Sam Johnson (R-inc)</span> vs. <span style="color: blue;">Dan Dodd (D)</span> vs. <span style="color: yellow;">Christopher Claytor (L)</span><br />
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060522091753/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/tx04_109.gif">District 4</a>: <span style="color: red;">Ralph Hall (R-inc)</span> vs. <span style="color: blue;">Glenn Melancon (D)</span> vs. <span style="color: yellow;">Kurt Helm (L)</span><br />
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060522091753/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/tx05_109.gif">District 5</a>: <span style="color: red;">Jeb Hensarling (R-inc)</span> vs. <span style="color: blue;">Charlie Thompson (D)</span> vs. <span style="color: yellow;">Mike Nelson (L)</span><br />
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060522091753/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/tx06_109.gif">District 6</a>: <span style="color: red;">Joe Barton (R-inc)</span> vs. <span style="color: blue;">David Harris (D)</span> vs. <span style="color: yellow;">Carl Nulsen (L)</span><br />
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060522091753/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/tx07_109.gif">District 7</a>: <span style="color: red;">John Culberson (R-inc)</span> vs. <span style="color: blue;">Jim Henley (D)</span> vs. <span style="color: yellow;">Drew Parks (L)</span><br />
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060522091753/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/tx08_109.gif">District 8</a>: <span style="color: red;">Kevin Brady (R-inc)</span> vs. <span style="color: blue;">Jim Wright (D)</span> vs. <span style="color: yellow;">J. Michael McLauchlan (L)</span><br />
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060522091753/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/tx09_109.gif">District 9</a>: <span style="color: blue;">Al Green (D-inc)</span> - unopposed<br />
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060522091753/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/tx11_109.gif">District 11</a>: <span style="color: red;">K. Michael Conaway (R-inc)</span> - unopposed<br />
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060522091753/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/tx12_109.gif">District 12</a>: <span style="color: red;">Kay Granger (R-inc)</span> vs. <span style="color: blue;">John Morris (D)</span> vs. <span style="color: yellow;">Garder Osborne (L)</span><br />
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060522091753/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/tx13_109.gif">District 13</a>: <span style="color: red;">William "Mac" Thornberry (R-inc)</span> vs. <span style="color: blue;">Roger J. Waun (D)</span> vs. <span style="color: yellow;">Ian Thompson (L)</span><br />
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060522091753/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/tx14_109.gif">District 14</a>: <span style="color: red;">Ronald Paul (R-inc)</span> vs. <span style="color: blue;">Shane Sklar (D)</span> vs. <span style="color: yellow;">Eugene J. Flynn (L)</span><br />
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060522091753/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/tx15_109.gif">District 15</a>: <span style="color: blue;">Ruben Hinojosa (D-inc)</span> vs. <span style="color: red;">Paul Haring (R)</span> vs. <span style="color: yellow;">Alex Bischoff (L)</span><br />
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060522091753/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/tx16_109.gif">District 16</a>: <span style="color: blue;">Silvestre Reyes (D-inc)</span> vs. <span style="color: yellow;">Gordon R. Strickland (L)</span><br />
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060522091753/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/tx18_109.gif">District 18</a>: <span style="color: blue;">Sheila Jackson Lee (D-inc)</span> vs. <span style="color: red;">Ahmad Hassan (R)</span> vs. <span style="color: yellow;">Patrick Warren (L)</span><br />
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060522091753/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/tx19_109.gif">District 19</a>: <span style="color: red;">Randy Neugebaeur (R-inc)</span> vs. <span style="color: blue;">Robert Ricketts (D)</span> vs. <span style="color: yellow;">Fred Jones (L)</span><br />
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060522091753/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/tx20_109.gif">District 20</a>: <span style="color: blue;">Charlie Gonzalez (D-inc)</span> - unopposed<br />
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060522091753/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/tx21_109.gif">District 21</a>: <span style="color: red;">Lamar Smith (R-inc)</span> vs. <span style="color: blue;">John Courage (D)</span> vs. <span style="color: yellow;">James Arthur Strohm (L)</span><br />
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060522091753/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/tx23_109.gif">District 23</a>: <span style="color: red;">Henry Bonilla (R-inc)</span> vs. <span style="color: blue;">Rick Bolaños (D)</span> vs. <span style="color: yellow;">Cecil H. Lamb (L)</span><br />
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060522091753/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/tx24_109.gif">District 24</a>: <span style="color: red;">Kenny Marchant (R-inc)</span> vs. <span style="color: blue;">Gary Page (D)</span> vs. <span style="color: yellow;">Mark Frohman (L)</span><br />
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060522091753/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/tx25_109.gif">District 25</a>: <span style="color: blue;">Lloyd Doggett (D-inc)</span> vs. <span style="color: yellow;">Grant Rostig (L)</span><br />
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060522091753/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/tx26_109.gif">District 26</a>: <span style="color: red;">Michael Burgess (R-inc)</span> vs. <span style="color: blue;">Tim Barnwell (D)</span> vs. <span style="color: yellow;">Rich Haas (L)</span><br />
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060522091753/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/tx27_109.gif">District 27</a>: <span style="color: blue;">Solomon Ortiz (D-inc)</span> vs. <span style="color: red;">Willie Vaden (R)</span> vs. <span style="color: yellow;">Robert Powell (L)</span><br />
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060522091753/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/tx28_109.gif">District 28</a>: <span style="color: blue;">Henry Cuellar (D-inc)</span> vs. <span style="color: yellow;">Glenda B. Moyes (L)</span><br />
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060522091753/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/tx29_109.gif">District 29</a>: <span style="color: blue;">Gene Green (D-inc)</span> vs. <span style="color: red;">Eric Story (R)</span> vs. <span style="color: yellow;">Clifford Lee Messina (L)</span><br />
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060522091753/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/tx30_109.gif">District 30</a>: <span style="color: blue;">Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-inc)</span> vs. <span style="color: red;">Wilson Aurbach (R)</span> vs. <span style="color: yellow;">Ken Ashby (L)</span><br />
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060522091753/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/tx31_109.gif">District 31</a>: <span style="color: red;">John Carter (R-inc)</span> vs. <span style="color: blue;">Mary Beth Harrell (D)</span> vs. <span style="color: yellow;">Matt McAdoo (L)</span><br />
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060522091753/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/tx32_109.gif">District 32</a>: <span style="color: red;">Pete Sessions (R-inc)</span> vs. <span style="color: blue;">Will Pryor (D)</span> vs. <span style="color: #7f007f;">Philip Scheps (I)</span><br />
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<b>Current Office Holders</b><br />
Governor: <span style="color: red;">Rick Perry (R)</span> – 1st term, up for reelection in 2006 (<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060522091753/http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollTrack.aspx?g=8d67305c-d767-4744-a7e9-1b1c418d9cc9">Approval: 47%</a>)<br />
Lieutenant Governor: <span style="color: red;">David Dewhurst (R)</span> – 1st term, up for reelection in 2006<br />
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U.S. Senior Senator: <span style="color: red;">Kay Bailey Hutchison (R)</span> – 2nd term, up for reelection in 2006 (<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060522091753/http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollTrack.aspx?g=ba54e57b-8d24-4c0a-8ebe-27d47c4c0f4a">Approval: 57%</a>)<br />
U.S. Junior Senator: <span style="color: red;">John Cornyn (R)</span> – 1st term, up for reelection in 2008 (<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060522091753/http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollTrack.aspx?g=3478c82b-c958-4d76-bbb1-8d52710ab2e6">Approval: 41%</a>) *Note: 21% are undecided<br />
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House District 1: <span style="color: red;">Louis Gohmert Jr. (R)</span> – 1st term<br />
House District 2: <span style="color: red;">Lloyd Poe (R)</span> – 1st term<br />
House District 3: <span style="color: red;">Sam Johnson (R)</span> – 8th term<br />
House District 4: <span style="color: red;">Ralph Hall (R)</span> – 13th term<br />
House District 5: <span style="color: red;">Jeb Hensarling (R)</span> – 2nd term<br />
House District 6: <span style="color: red;">Joe Barton (R)</span> – 11th term<br />
House District 7: <span style="color: red;">John Culberson (R)</span> – 3rd term<br />
House District 8: <span style="color: red;">Kevin Brady (R)</span> – 5th term<br />
House District 9: <span style="color: blue;">Al Green (D)</span> – 1st term<br />
House District 10: <span style="color: red;">Michael McCaul (R)</span> – 1st term<br />
House District 11: <span style="color: red;">K. Michael Conaway (R)</span> – 1st term<br />
House District 12: <span style="color: red;">Kay Granger (R)</span> – 5th term<br />
House District 13: <span style="color: red;">William Thornberry (R)</span> – 6th term<br />
House District 14: <span style="color: red;">Ronald Paul (R)</span> – 8th term<br />
House District 15: <span style="color: blue;">Ruben Hinojosa (D)</span> – 5th term<br />
House District 16: <span style="color: blue;">Silvestre Reyes (D)</span> – 5th term<br />
House District 17: <span style="color: blue;">Chet Edwards (D)</span> – 8th term<br />
House District 18: <span style="color: blue;">Sheila Jackson Lee (D)</span> – 6th term<br />
House District 19: <span style="color: red;">Randy Neugebaeur (R)</span> – 2nd term<br />
House District 20: <span style="color: blue;">Charlie Gonzalez (D)</span> – 4th term<br />
House District 21: <span style="color: red;">Lamar Smith (R)</span> – 10th term<br />
House District 22: <span style="color: red;">Tom DeLay (R)</span> – 11th term (resigning)<br />
House District 23: <span style="color: red;">Henry Bonilla (R)</span> – 7th term<br />
House District 24: <span style="color: red;">Kenny Marchant (R)</span> – 1st term<br />
House District 25: <span style="color: blue;">Lloyd Doggett (D)</span> – 6th term<br />
House District 26: <span style="color: red;">Michael Burgess (R)</span> – 2nd term<br />
House District 27: <span style="color: blue;">Solomon Ortiz (D)</span> – 12th term<br />
House District 28: <span style="color: blue;">Henry Cuellar (D)</span> – 1st term<br />
House District 29: <span style="color: blue;">Gene Green (D)</span> – 7th term<br />
House District 30: <span style="color: blue;">Eddie </span><span style="color: blue;">Bernice </span><span style="color: blue;">Johnson (D)</span> – 7th term<br />
House District 31: <span style="color: red;">John Carter (R)</span> – 2nd term<br />
House District 32: <span style="color: red;">Pete Sessions (R)</span> – 5th term<br />
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<b>Current political makeup</b><br />
U.S. Senate: <span style="color: red;">2 GOP</span><br />
U.S. House: <span style="color: red;">21 GOP</span>, <span style="color: blue;">11 DEM</span><br />
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Governor: <span style="color: red;">GOP</span><br />
Lieutenant Governor: <span style="color: red;">GOP</span><br />
State Senate: <span style="color: red;">GOP</span> control (<span style="color: red;">19 GOP</span>, <span style="color: blue;">12 DEM</span>)<br />
State House: <span style="color: red;">GOP</span> control (<span style="color: red;">83 GOP</span>, <span style="color: blue;">63 DEM</span>, 1 vacant)<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Party Color Codes</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">Blue</span> - Democrat<br />
<span style="color: red;">Red</span> - Republican<br />
<span style="color: #7f007f;">Purple</span> - Independent<br />
<span style="color: yellow;">Yellow</span> - Libertarian<br />
<span style="color: #007f00;">Green</span> - Green<br />
<span style="color: #007f7f;">Teal</span> - Socialist<br />
<span style="color: #ff7f00;">Orange</span> - ConstitutionUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206493460836647163.post-64136464659779400482006-01-09T00:43:00.000-08:002011-01-18T11:50:53.121-08:00Illinois - Land of Lincoln (who would likely be happier with the state's new U.S. Senator than his own party)<span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">ILLINOIS - THE PRAIRIE STATE</span><br />
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Illinois is the <span style="color: blue; font-weight: bold;">8th most Democratic</span> state, voting <span style="color: blue; font-weight: bold;">12.1% more Dem</span> than the national average.<br />
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Based on voting records since 1992, Illinois is trending <span style="color: blue; font-weight: bold;">Democrat</span>.<br />
<hr style="height: 2px; width: 100%;" /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Governor</span>: <strong></strong><span style="color: blue;">Rod Blagojevich</span> is running for reelection. While Illinois is solidly blue, Blagojevich may not be safe, as his approval ratings are down and he has been accused of corruption. Challenging him is State Treasurer <span style="color: red;">Judy Barr Topinka</span>. Blago currently leads Topinka, but will be watched closely, as Topinka is part of that increasingly endangered species Republicanus Noncrazius.<br />
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<u>Other Candidates</u><br />
<span style="color: #ff7f00;">Randy Stufflebeam</span><br />
<span style="color: #007f00;">Rich Whitney</span><br />
<span style="color: #7f007f;">Scott Summers</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-weight: bold;">Governor (incumbent running)</span></u></div><br />
<table align="center" border="1" cellspacing="1" style="height: 25px; width: 420px;"><tbody>
<tr><th style="height: 25px; width: 420px;"><center>Polling Company</center></th><th style="height: 25px; width: 300px;"><center>Date</center></th><th style="height: 25px; width: 300px;"><center><span style="color: blue;">Blagojevich</span></center></th><th style="height: 25px; text-align: center; width: 400px;"><span style="color: red;">Topinka</span></th><th style="height: 25px; text-align: center; width: 300px;">Margin</th></tr>
<tr><td><center>Chicago Tribune</center></td><td align="center"><center>9/7-10</center></td><td><center><span style="color: blue;">45%</span></center></td><td><center><span style="color: red;">33%</span></center></td><td style="text-align: center;"><center></center><span style="color: blue;">12%</span></td></tr>
<tr> <td><center>Rasmussen</center></td><td align="center"><center>9/7</center></td><td><center><span style="color: blue;">48%</span></center></td><td><center><span style="color: red;">36%</span></center></td><td style="text-align: center;"><center></center><span style="color: blue;">12%</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><br />
<table align="center" border="1" cellspacing="1" style="height: 25px; width: 400px;"><tbody>
<tr><th style="height: 25px; width: 400px;"><center>Factor</center></th><th style="height: 25px; width: 300px;"><center>Numbers</center></th><th style="height: 25px; width: 300px;"><center>Raw Value</center></th><th style="height: 25px; width: 400px;"><center>Weight</center></th><th style="height: 25px; width: 300px;"><center>Factor</center></th></tr>
<tr><td><center>Poll Average</center></td><td align="center"><center>12 + 12</center></td><td><center>12 </center></td><td style="text-align: center;">75%</td><td style="text-align: center;"><center></center> <center><strong><span style="color: blue;">9</span></strong><strong></strong></center> </td></tr>
<tr><td><center>Approval</center></td><td align="center"><center>44-52</center></td><td><center>-8 </center></td><td><center>15%</center></td><td style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><center><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">1.2</span><strong><span style="color: blue;"></span></strong></center></td></tr>
<tr><td><center>Partisan leaning</center></td><td align="center"><center>42-24 DEM</center></td><td><center>-18</center></td><td><center>10%</center></td><td style="text-align: center;"><center></center><strong><span style="color: blue;">1.8</span></strong></td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 180%;">Blagojevich will win by </span><span style="color: blue; font-size: 180%; font-weight: bold;">9.6%</span></div><span style="color: blue; font-weight: bold;"></span><hr style="height: 2px; width: 100%;" /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Senate</span>: Senior Senator <span style="color: blue;">Dick Durbin</span> is up for reelection in 2008 and junior Senator<span style="color: blue;"> Barack Obama</span> is up for reelection in 2010.<hr style="height: 2px; width: 100%;" /><span style="font-weight: bold;">House</span>: <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20061116083756/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/il06_109.gif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">District 6</span></a>: <span style="color: red;">Henry Hyde</span> is retiring. Iraq war veteran <span style="color: blue;">Tammy Duckworth</span> has won the Dem nomination; on the GOP side is State Sen. <span style="color: red;">Peter Roskam</span>. This district in the western Chicago burbs has been trending less Republican in recent years. Also in the running is <span style="color: #7f007f;">Brian Costin</span>.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-weight: bold;">House (open seat)</span></u></div><br />
<table align="center" border="1" cellspacing="1" style="height: 25px; width: 420px;"><tbody>
<tr><th style="height: 25px; width: 420px;"><center>Pundit</center></th><th style="height: 25px; width: 300px;"><center>Prediction</center></th><th style="height: 25px; width: 300px;"><center>Numerical Value</center></th></tr>
<tr><td><center>Charlie Cook</center></td><td align="center"><center>Toss-Up</center></td><td align="center"><center>0</center></td></tr>
<tr><td><center>Larry Sabato</center></td><td align="center"><center>Toss-Up<span style="font-size: 78%;"></span></center></td><td align="center"><center>0</center></td></tr>
<tr><td><center>Cong Quarterly</center></td><td align="center"><center>Toss-Up</center></td><td align="center"><center>0</center></td></tr>
<tr><td><center>Election Predictions</center></td><td align="center"><center>Very Weak GOP</center></td><td align="center"><center>2.5</center></td></tr>
<tr><td><center>Blue In Texas</center></td><td align="center"><center>Very Weak GOP</center></td><td align="center"><center>2.5</center></td></tr>
</tbody> </table><br />
<table align="center" border="1" cellspacing="1" style="height: 25px; width: 400px;"><tbody>
<tr><th style="height: 25px; width: 400px;"><center>Polling Company</center></th><th style="height: 25px; width: 300px;"><center>Date</center></th><th style="height: 25px; width: 300px;"><center><span style="color: blue;">Duckworth</span></center></th><th style="height: 25px; width: 400px;"><center><span style="color: red;">Roskam</span></center></th><th style="height: 25px; text-align: center; width: 300px;">Margin</th></tr>
<tr><td><center>Constituent Dynamics</center></td><td align="center"><center>8/27-29</center></td><td><center><span style="color: blue;">47%</span></center></td><td><center><span style="color: red;">46%</span></center></td><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">1%</span><center></center></td></tr>
</tbody> </table><br />
<table align="center" border="1" cellspacing="1" style="height: 25px; width: 400px;"><tbody>
<tr><th style="height: 25px; width: 400px;"><center>Factor</center></th><th style="height: 25px; width: 300px;"><center>Numbers</center></th><th style="height: 25px; width: 300px;"><center>Raw Value</center></th><th style="height: 25px; width: 400px;"><center>Weight</center></th><th style="height: 25px; width: 300px;"><center>Factor</center></th></tr>
<tr><td><center>Pundit Average<br />
<span style="font-size: 78%;">(one poll)</span></center></td><td align="center"><center>0+0+0+2.5+2.5</center></td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td style="text-align: center;">70%</td><td style="text-align: center;"><center></center><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">0.7</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><center>Poll Average</center></td><td align="center"><center>-1</center></td><td><center>-1 </center></td><td><center>20%</center></td><td style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><center><strong><span style="color: blue;">0.2</span></strong></center></td></tr>
<tr><td><center>Partisan leaning</center></td><td align="center"><center>PVI: +3 GOP</center></td><td><center>3</center></td><td><center>7%</center></td><td style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><center><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">0.21</span></center></td></tr>
<tr><td><center>Money advantage</center></td><td align="center"><center>1.49:1 Roskam</center></td><td><center>1.49</center></td><td><center>2%</center></td><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">0.03</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><center>Statewide incumbent approval</center></td><td align="center"><center>Blagojevich 44-52</center></td><td><center>-8</center></td><td><center>1%</center></td><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">0.08</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><center>Other issues</center></td><td align="center"><center>None</center></td><td><center><br />
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</tbody> </table><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 180%;">Roskam will win by </span><span style="color: red; font-size: 180%; font-weight: bold;">0.82%</span></div><hr style="height: 2px; width: 100%;" /><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20061116083756/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/il08_109.gif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">District 8</span></a>: This is the race to watch in Illinois, with a highly Republican district represented by a Democrat, <span style="color: blue;">Melissa Bean</span>, who won only because of her unpopular, geriatric predecessor Phil Crane. Her vote for CAFTA may also hurt, as the unions are rallying behind <span style="color: #7f007f;">Bill Scheurer</span>. However, there are some things that may help her: the incumbent factor, Bush's abysmal poll numbers in Illinois, and her incredible fundraising. <span style="color: red;">David McSweeny</span> was neck-and-neck with Bean in funds, but spent a lot of it in the crowded primary. Bean also has support from most of the country club Republicans in the district as well as an endorsement from the Chamber of Commerce.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-weight: bold;">House (incumbent running)</span></u></div><br />
<table align="center" border="1" cellspacing="1" style="height: 25px; width: 420px;"><tbody>
<tr><th style="height: 25px; width: 420px;"><center>Pundit</center></th><th style="height: 25px; width: 300px;"><center>Prediction</center></th><th style="height: 25px; width: 300px;"><center>Numerical Value</center></th></tr>
<tr><td><center>Charlie Cook</center></td><td align="center"><center>Lean DEM</center></td><td align="center"><center>5</center></td></tr>
<tr><td><center>Larry Sabato</center></td><td align="center"><center>Toss-Up</center></td><td align="center"><center>0</center></td></tr>
<tr><td><center>Cong Quarterly</center></td><td align="center"><center>Lean DEM</center></td><td align="center"><center>5</center></td></tr>
<tr><td><center>Election Predictions</center></td><td align="center"><center>Very Weak DEM</center></td><td align="center"><center>2.5</center></td></tr>
<tr><td><center>Blue In Texas</center></td><td align="center"><center>Very Weak DEM</center></td><td align="center"><center>2.5</center></td></tr>
</tbody> </table><br />
<table align="center" border="1" cellspacing="1" style="height: 25px; width: 400px;"><tbody>
<tr><th style="height: 25px; width: 400px;"><center>Polling Company</center></th><th style="height: 25px; width: 300px;"><center>Date</center></th><th style="height: 25px; width: 300px;"><center><span style="color: blue;">Bean</span></center></th><th style="height: 25px; width: 400px;"><center><span style="color: red;">McSweeny</span></center></th><th style="height: 25px; text-align: center; width: 300px;">Margin</th></tr>
<tr><td><center>Constituent Dynamics</center></td><td align="center"><center>8/27-29</center></td><td><center><span style="color: blue;">48%</span></center></td><td><center><span style="color: red;">45%</span></center></td><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">3%</span><center></center></td></tr>
</tbody> </table><br />
<table align="center" border="1" cellspacing="1" style="height: 25px; width: 400px;"><tbody>
<tr><th style="height: 25px; width: 400px;"><center>Factor</center></th><th style="height: 25px; width: 300px;"><center>Numbers</center></th><th style="height: 25px; width: 300px;"><center>Raw Value</center></th><th style="height: 25px; width: 400px;"><center>Weight</center></th><th style="height: 25px; width: 300px;"><center>Factor</center></th></tr>
<tr><td><center>Pundit Average<br />
<span style="font-size: 78%;">(one poll)</span></center></td><td align="center"><center>5+0+5+2.5+2.5</center></td><td style="text-align: center;">3</td><td style="text-align: center;">70%</td><td style="text-align: center;"><center></center><strong><span style="color: blue;">2.1</span></strong></td></tr>
<tr><td><center>Poll Average</center></td><td align="center"><center>3</center></td><td><center>3 </center></td><td><center>20%</center></td><td style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><center><strong><span style="color: blue;">0.6</span></strong></center></td></tr>
<tr><td><center>Partisan leaning</center></td><td align="center"><center><span style="font-size: 78%;">PVI: +5 GOP;<br />
Bean 52-48 in 2004</span></center></td><td><center>-0.5</center></td><td><center>7%</center></td><td style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><center><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">0.04</span></center></td></tr>
<tr><td><center>Money advantage</center></td><td align="center"><center>4.59:1 Bean</center></td><td><center>4.59</center></td><td><center>2%</center></td><td style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: blue;">0.09</span></strong></td></tr>
<tr><td><center>Statewide incumbent approval</center></td><td align="center"><center>Blagojevich 44-52</center></td><td><center>-8</center></td><td><center>1%</center></td><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">0.08</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><center>Other issues</center></td><td align="center"><center><span style="font-size: 78%;">County club GOP support (+1); loss of union support (-2)</span></center></td><td><center>-0.5</center></td><td><center><br />
</center></td><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">0.5</span></td></tr>
</tbody> </table><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 180%;">Bean will win by </span><span style="color: blue; font-size: 180%; font-weight: bold;">2.11%</span></div><hr style="height: 2px; width: 100%;" />Other House races:<br />
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<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20061116083756/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/il01_109.gif">District 1</a>: <span style="color: blue;">Bobby Rush (inc)</span> vs. <span style="color: red;">Jason Tabour</span><br />
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20061116083756/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/il02_109.gif">District 2</a>: <span style="color: blue;">Jesse Jackson, Jr. (inc)</span> vs. <span style="color: red;">Robert Belin</span> vs. <span style="color: yellow;">Anthony William</span><br />
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20061116083756/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/il03_109.gif">District 3</a>: <span style="color: blue;">Daniel Lipinski (inc)</span> vs. <span style="color: red;">Ray Wardingley</span><br />
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20061116083756/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/il04_109.gif">District 4</a>: <span style="color: blue;">Luis Gutierrez (inc)</span> vs. <span style="color: red;">Ann Melichar</span><br />
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20061116083756/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/il05_109.gif">District 5</a>: <span style="color: blue;">Rahm Emanuel (inc)</span> vs. <span style="color: red;">Kevin White</span><br />
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20061116083756/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/il07_109.gif">District 7</a>: <span style="color: blue;">Danny Davis (inc)</span> vs. <span style="color: red;">Charles Hutchinson</span><br />
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20061116083756/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/il09_109.gif">District 9</a>: <span style="color: blue;">Jan Schakowsky (inc)</span> vs. <span style="color: red;">Michael Shannon</span><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20061116083756/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/il10_109.gif">District 10</a>: <span style="color: red;">Mark Kirk (inc)</span> vs. <span style="color: blue;">Daniel Seals</span><br />
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20061116083756/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/il11_109.gif">District 11</a>: <span style="color: red;">Jerry Weller (inc)</span> vs. <span style="color: blue;">John Pavich</span> vs. <span style="color: #007f00;">Jamie Mock</span><br />
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20061116083756/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/il12_109.gif">District 12</a>: <span style="color: blue;">Jerry Costello (inc)</span> - unopposed<br />
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20061116083756/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/il13_109.gif">District 13</a>: <span style="color: red;">Judy Biggert (inc)</span> vs. <span style="color: blue;">Joseph Shannon</span><br />
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20061116083756/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/il14_109.gif">District 14</a>: <span style="color: red;"> Dennis Hastert (inc)</span> vs. <span style="color: blue;">John Laesch</span><br />
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20061116083756/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/il15_109.gif">District 15</a>: <span style="color: red;">Tim Johnson (inc)</span> vs. <span style="color: blue;">David Gill</span><br />
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20061116083756/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/il16_109.gif">District 16</a>: <span style="color: red;">Donald Manzullo (inc)</span> vs. <span style="color: blue;">Richard Auman</span><br />
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20061116083756/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/il17_109.gif">District 17</a>: <span style="color: blue;">Phil Hare</span><span style="color: red;"> </span>vs. <span style="color: red;">Andrea Zinga</span><br />
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20061116083756/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/il18_109.gif">District 18</a>: <span style="color: red;">Ray Lahood (inc)</span> vs. <span style="color: blue;">Steve Waterworth</span> vs. <span style="color: magenta;">Richard Rawlings</span><br />
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20061116083756/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/il19_109.gif">District 19</a>: <span style="color: red;">John Shimkus (inc)</span> vs. <span style="color: blue;">Danny Stover</span><hr style="height: 2px; width: 100%;" /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Current Office Holders</span><br />
Governor: <span style="color: blue;">Rod Blagojevich</span> - 1st term, up for reelection in 2006 (<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20061116083756/http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollTrack.aspx?g=4b7a9e06-3d07-4716-96a4-40a1bc93b5c2">Approval: 44%</a>)<br />
Lieutenant Governor: <span style="color: blue;">Pat Quinn</span> - 1st term, tied to governor<br />
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U.S. Senior Senator: <span style="color: blue;">Richard Durbin</span> - 2nd term, up for reelection in 2008 (<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20061116083756/http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollTrack.aspx?g=2a003c84-1d94-45b9-8b90-886e4d3e85a4">Approval: 49%</a>)<br />
U.S. Junior Senator: <span style="color: blue;">Barack Obama</span> - 1st term, up for reelection in 2010 (<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20061116083756/http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollTrack.aspx?g=c42c4eb8-cb30-49f7-a981-38427c6b9928">Approval: 73%</a>)<br />
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House District 1: <span style="color: blue;">Bobby Rush</span> - 7th term<br />
House District 2: <span style="color: blue;">Jesse Jackson, Jr.</span> - 6th term<br />
House District 3: <span style="color: blue;">Daniel Lipinski</span> - 1st term<br />
House District 4: <span style="color: blue;">Luis Gutierrez</span> - 7th term<br />
House District 5: <span style="color: blue;">Rahm Emanuel</span> - 2nd term<br />
House District 6: <span style="color: red;">Henry Hyde</span> - 16th term (retiring)<br />
House District 7: <span style="color: blue;">Danny Davis</span> - 5th term<br />
House District 8: <span style="color: blue;">Melissa Bean</span> - 1st term<br />
House District 9: <span style="color: blue;">Jan Schakowsky</span> - 4th term<br />
House District 10: <span style="color: red;">Mark Steven Kirk</span> - 3rd term<br />
House District 11: <span style="color: red;">Jerry Weller</span> - 6th term<br />
House District 12: <span style="color: blue;">Jerry Costello</span> - 10th term<br />
House District 13: <span style="color: red;">Judy Biggert</span> - 4th term<br />
House District 14: <span style="color: red;">Dennis Hastert</span> - 10th term<br />
House District 15: <span style="color: red;">Tim Johnson</span> - 3rd term<br />
House District 16: <span style="color: red;">Donald Manzullo</span> - 7th term<br />
House District 17: <span style="color: blue;">Lane Evans</span> - 12th term (retiring)<br />
House District 18: <span style="color: red;">Ray Lahood</span> - 6th term<br />
House District 19: <span style="color: red;">John Shimkus</span> - 5th term<hr style="height: 2px; width: 100%;" /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Current political makeup</span><br />
U.S. Senate: <span style="color: blue;">2 DEM</span><br />
U.S. House: <span style="color: blue;">10 DEM</span>, <span style="color: red;">9 GOP</span><br />
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Governor: <span style="color: blue;">DEM</span><br />
Lieutenant Governor: <span style="color: blue;">DEM</span><br />
State Senate: <span style="color: blue;">DEM</span> control (<span style="color: blue;">31 DEM</span>, <span style="color: red;">27 GOP</span>, <span style="color: #7f007f;">1 IND</span>)<br />
State House: <span style="color: blue;">DEM</span> control (<span style="color: blue;">65 DEM</span>, <span style="color: red;">53 GOP</span>)<hr style="height: 2px; width: 100%;" /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Party Color Codes</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">Blue</span> - Democrat<br />
<span style="color: red;">Red</span> - Republican<br />
<span style="color: #7f007f;">Purple</span> - Independent<br />
<span style="color: yellow;">Yellow</span> - Libertarian<br />
<span style="color: #007f00;">Green</span> - Green<br />
<span style="color: #ff7f00;">Orange</span> - Constitution<br />
<span style="color: magenta;">Magenta</span> - Marijuana<hr style="height: 2px; width: 100%;" />Please don't pronounce the "s"!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0