My local races are pretty well decided so nothing really to watch there. I’m watching all of congressional seats in the sense that, like @ETpro, I think this is going to be an interesting to see which path people take. The people have complained heartily that congress can’t get anything done which foretells their incredibly low approval, 10%. I’m particularly curious to see if D’s pull more senate seats and significantly close the house gap or if fear of Obama drives another gridlock session of hard line R’s.
An individual I’m keeping an eye on is Todd Akin. I mean really, that says a lot, none of it good, if he can get elected. Here’s a glimpse and a couple take-aways:
“This is an act of conscience on my part – I didn’t like seeking a guy getting beaten up by the power structure,” Gingrich said [regarding his upcoming Akin fundraiser].
Julie Thomas, [pro-life, mother of three who organized a women-for-Akin rally] praised Akin as “a man with unparalleled character.” “Whenever he got thrown under the bus by his own party, I just said, `uh, uh.’ That was a tipping point for me,” Thomas said.