should the Republicans give up on VA & NH??

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The GOP has a massive amount of seats to defend in 2008, a decent amount of them competitive seats.  Two of them in particular they have basically already lost.  Shaheen and Warner are both leading in the polls by landslides. and the Dems have both of those seats on lock.  So with everything the GOP has to defend would it make sense for them to just throw in the towel in the VA & NH Senate seat races and concentrate the $$ elsewhere or should they throw $$ at the race and just hope?

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not yet.  play status quo for a few months and make a decision come New Years.

of course, what exactly are they going to put the money into?  holding Colorado?  Nebraska?

Maine, Oregon, Minnesota, or if things really get ugly North Carolina

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no.  va may be closer than the experts think.  NOTE TO BRTD: I STILL THINK WARNER WILL WIN.

nh is still winnable for sununu.  i like him a lot.  a great senator!  i hope the people of the nh have the good sense to send him back to washington.

How is NH winnable for Sununu when as an incumbent he is trailing by over 20 points??  his voting record is a brutal match for his state.

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a lot can happen between now and november 08

Walter, is this going to be another one of your predictions that you're really going to regret?

i havent made a prediction in the nh race yet.  at this time sununu certainly appears to be in trouble.

obviously the thing that is killing the republicans is iraq.  if something positive can be achieved in that mess between now and next november, the prospects for republicans will brighten dramatically.

The chances of things in Iraq geting better are virtually impossible.  Also Sununu's problems while Iraq is one of them is much bigger than that.  He is a staunch social conservative in a state which is socially liberal.