I love this news. I love looking at that map and seeing big spots of blue and yellow all over my home state. I love that Giffords is leading that idiot Graf by big numbers in AZ-8 and will be our third Democratic representative in Arizona. the two new tossups, there is a possibility of a 4-4 split, or if everything is right and good in the world on Tuesday, a 5-3 Democratic majority in Congress for Arizona.
CQpolitics has a rep for being conservative on their predictions, so when I flipped over to their site this evening and saw that big splotch of yellow in my state, I had a big shit eatin' grin on my face.
Renzi has been named one of the twenty most corrupt politicians in America for two years running, which is quite an accomplishment with the pack of thieves we have in the current Congress. Jon Stewart recently made fun of a politician for bringing up NAMBLA as a tactic, but Renzi has used that tactic against Simon, a former ACLU lawyer since she won the Democratic primary. Hopefully the stench of the recent announcement that the Feds are looking into some land dealings of Renzi will cause the voters of AZ-1 to kick him out.
Hayworth.......what can you say? The guy is not the sharpest tack in the box and he is mostly hot air.
Anyway I am absolutely thrilled at seeing that map, along with seeing Wyoming yellow (wtf?!?), my hopes on Tuesday night have skyrocketed. I think I will go volunteer for Mitchell this weekend as his district is literally across the street from mine.
Here is a link to CQpolitics map: link and to the story that accompanies it link