Early Thoughts on Senate & House, Corker Comments

I haven't really commented much on the Senate and House races thus far, but really my thoughts are about the same as everyone else. At this stage of the races, Democrats are clearly the favorite. Aside from Louisiana, Republicans don't seem to have a lot going for them. Any other races that could be a possible pick-up, so far looks like a long shot. Demcrats, on the other hand, are in gear for another 4 or 5 pick-ups assuming things continue to go in their favor. In the House, I first thought that the Republicans should eaisily take back 5 to 12 seats, but I'm not convinced that ALL of the Democratic wave is over, and may be in line to pick up yet another 5 or 6 seats.

A couple of you who were wondering about the Bob Corker statements, I put the main part of the conference below. Some have made a big deal about this, but personally I don't have a problem with it. I think if Republicans and Democrats alike have a lot of unrest with this war (Liberals just love to rub the whole disaster in Republican faces for political points), and Corker is the same way. It is no secret that Bush hasn't been very plain since day one of this war and Corker as a new senator hasn't really found the awnsers that he and the American people are looking for, Corker stated:

"Underwhelmed. I was in the White House a number of times to talk about the
issue, and I may rankle some in the room saying this, but I was very
underwhelmed with what discussions took place at the White House,” Corker
said. A reporter would later ask, "I was concerned about your statement that you
were underwhelmed with what was going on in the White House. Did you mean with him or with his staff?”

“Let me say this. George Bush is a very compassionate person. He’s a very
good person. And a lot of people don’t see that in him, and there’s many
people in this room who might disagree with that…. I just felt a little bit
underwhelmed by our discussions, the complexity of them, the depth of them.”