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Economic Muck Gives GOP Hope for New Blood in 2010

Candidate recruitment up amid bad news for Dems

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(Newser) – As bad economic reports keep coming, Republicans are seeing candidate recruitment soar, the Hill reports. The party has had “probably its first good couple weeks in four years,” says an analyst, fueled in large part by rising unemployment and sinking stocks. Meanwhile, Democrats have lost top Senate candidate recruits and been unable to halt Senate primaries in key New York and Pennsylvania races.

Among top recruiting news for the GOP: New Hampshire AG Kelly Ayotte and Illinois Rep. Mark Kirk are running for the US Senate, and a batch of candidates joined the fight for key House seats. It’s “not so much that it’s pro-Republican as it is anti-Democrat,” said a GOP pollster. Also working against Dems, Republicans say, are the controversial health care push, dissent over energy policy, and discussion of another stimulus.

New Hampshire AG Kelly Ayotte, a Republican, is running for the US Senate.
New Hampshire AG Kelly Ayotte, a Republican, is running for the US Senate.   (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
Illinois AG Lisa Madigan, a Democrat, won't run for Roland Burris' Senate seat, to the White House's disappointment.
Illinois AG Lisa Madigan, a Democrat, won't run for Roland Burris' Senate seat, to the White House's disappointment.   (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
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emptycalm
Jul 9, 09 11:19 AM CDT
We really need to can this 2 party system. If one side fucks up, the other side takes the reigns and does the same thing in a different way. What about real change? Reply
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Fondue
Jul 9, 09 11:23 AM CDT
I'm all for a three party system, or more. Reply
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Alexandria
Jul 9, 09 11:55 AM CDT
We have more than two parties though.. Reply
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kokuaguy
Jul 9, 09 1:01 PM CDT
Third parties will never succeed without constitutional reform, and of course that would justify the Supreme Court and the military in organizing a coup to oust the president-- according to a bunch of Republicans, anyway. Reply
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Snowleopard
Jul 9, 09 2:00 PM CDT
If the Republicans regain power with their new-found emphasis on cutting spending, we can expect this recession to deepen into a depression like scenario. Reducing spending while the economy is already struggling will have a contractual effect. A little more deflation in the housing market may not be such a bad thing thing to bring prices back down to a more historically affordable rate. Reply
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