More on Palin's down ticket effect

I noted yesterday that since the selection of Sarah Palin the Republican deficit on the Real Clear Politics Generic Congressional Vote tracking poll had dropped to 4.4% from 8.4% (actually today it is down to 3.6%).

I wasn't the only one to notice.

Today the Financial Times has an article entitled "Democrats on Capitol Hill fear Obama fallout" addressing the same thing:

Democratic jitters about the US presidential race have spread to Capitol Hill, where some members of Congress are worried that Barack Obama’s faltering campaign could hurt their chances of re-election.

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“There is a growing sense of doom among Democrats I have spoken to . . . People are going crazy, telling the campaign ‘you’ve got to do something’.”

Concern was greatest among first-term representatives who won seats in traditionally Republican districts in the landslide of 2006. “Several of them face a real fight to hold on to those seats,” the fundraiser said.

Yay!!

OK, don't get me wrong I don't expect some miracle that will sweep Republicans back into the majority, but I do hope that we can stop the Republican seat hemorrhage and stave off some of the more destructive Democrat policies. If we do take the majority then lets hope it isn't a bunch of Chaffee-esque Republicans.