The GOP is apparently still worried only about three congressional races in Indiana -- keeping the seats for incumbents John Hostettler, Chris Chocola and Mike Sodrel:
The White House and top Republicans are nervously watching, fearful that if they can't win these districts in a state Bush carried with 60 percent of the vote, are prospects for preserving their majority bleak?
No mention of Mark Souder's race against challenger Tom Hayhurst. It's still a hard, uphill battle for the Fort Wayne City Council member, unless support for the president's policies falls to 15 or 20 percent.
Which is not outside the realm of possibility.
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For that matter, the Democrats seem only interested in three or four races this year. There are nine congressional districts, by the way, along with one race for US Senate, three statewide offices, 25 Indiana Senate seats, and 100 Indiana House seats that are on the ballot.
This year has been a real lesson in seeing how the Republicans and Democrats are guilty of collusion. Three or four competitive races out of all these?
The practice of gerrymandering of districts has to stop. Representative government is not served at all by assuring a certain number of seats to each party, with only a few truly up for grabs to decide a majority.