The land scape

This past weeks primary results from across the country have been interesting to watch. Take the special election to replace the late John Murtha in Pennsylvnia's CD-12. This seat is an old Rust Belt seat an area of Pennsylvania that is very blue collar and a district in which the voters in it like their Pork projects. But the real story was that the Republicans ran a national campaign and the democrat ran a local campaign, remember all politics is local. The Democrats won the seat going away by double digits, when the Republicans should have cleaned the democrats clock. NRCC chairman Rep. Pete Sessions has already taken full responsibility for the loss. Republicans will pick off many democrats in the 2010 mid-term elections thats just the current environment. The Republicans cannot run on being republican because the republican brand is still damaged and not all that popular. The Republican party needs to make sure they run local campaigns especially in the house if you have a candidate for the house that matches the people of the district you have a great chance to win the seat. I still believe that the house may flip or have a razor thin democrat majority, the Senate I don't see the math for republicans to take back the Senate this election cycle.