I knew it!  I really DO live in the most Republican district in Georgia! Georgia’s 6th Congressional district has a partisan index of +19… and it shows!

Charlie Cook notes that Democrats are in a good news/bad news situation heading into the 2010 midterm elections.

“The good news for them is that the Republican Party still has horrific ratings — 31 percent favorable, 58 percent unfavorable in the CBS/Times poll, compared with 56 percent favorable, 34 percent unfavorable for Democrats. And nothing the GOP is saying or doing is helping its cause.”

“The bad news for Democrats is that midterm elections are rarely a referendum on the party out of power.”

Politico points out the governors “threatening to decline federal stimulus money last month read like a list of Republicans considering running for president in 2012:” Governors Mark Sanford, Bobby Jindal and Sarah Palin.

“But what began with a bang is ending with something closer to a whimper. All three of those governors have been forced to scale back their expectations, to varying degree, as the push of conservative philosophy gave way to the pull of political reality.”

“All three found that praise from the conservative movement in Washington meant nothing to furious state legislators of both parties. And in the end, along with other conservative Republican governors, the three submitted letters in recent days asking to be eligible for federal funds.”

The latest update on the NY-20 special congressional election shows Scott Murphy’s (D) lead is now 46 votes over Jim Tedisco (R).