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AP is Reporting that Congressman Baron Hill(D-IN) will Run for Congress in 2010 and Might Run for Governor in 2012

 INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Rep. Baron Hill, who has faced weeks of rumors that he’ll retire from Congress next year to run for Indiana governor in 2012, said he is considering a gubernatorial bid but will first run for another term in the House.

Hill’s comments came just days after the National Republican Congressional Committee sent out an e-mail about the Indiana Democrat’s so-called “retirement jitters.”

A Gallup.com Video: Republicans Take Lead in 2010 Generic Ballot

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From Public Policy Polling: Voters are Unhappy with Congress; More So with Republican Members than with Democratic Members

Raleigh, N.C. – Voters across the country are unhappy with both the Democrats and

Republicans in Congress right now. and that’s opening the door for independent

candidates to possibly have some success in 2010.

40% of registered voters say they would vote Democratic for Congress if the election was held today, with 29% preferring the Republicans and 22% saying their support would go to an independent or third party candidate. Asked to choose just between the two major parties the Democrats lead 48-40.

 

To read the entire report Download PPP_Release_National_1023513

Congressional GOPs in Same Position Concerning Generic Matchup Polling Data as They Were in 2008 and 2006

From Who Runs Govt.com

 

The GOP is in the same position as it was heading into the 2008 and 2006 elections.

Right now, the Washington Post/ABC Poll finds that when respondents are asked whether they will vote for a Dem or a GOPer in the 2010 elections, 51% pick the Dem and 39% pick the Republican.

June of 2008 Dems led the generic matchup 52%-37%. In early November of 2006 the Dem lead was 51%-45%

Federal Elections 2010: The Choice Between Bad and Worse

From the Stuart Rothenberg Report

Next year’s elections are starting to look like a choice between bad and worse, if we are to believe the most recent batch of polling data, including the consistently reliable NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.

The Sept. 17-20 survey, conducted by Democratic pollster Peter Hart of Hart Research Associates and Republican pollster Bill McInturff of Public Opinion Strategies, shows President Barack Obama’s job approval at 51 percent.

With an approval rating of 22 percent in the most recent survey, they don’t have much further to fall.