The folks over at Urban Elephants are all aroused and issuing a call to their faithful. About what, you ask?

If we don't launch our own offensive to defend GOP seats, as well as support GOP challengers, we might as well sit back and watch the ship sink.

What can we do? Proven blogging techniques involve repetition of Democratic errors, mistakes and negatives. Try opposition research. Google the Dems. Scrutinize every word published about them. Scrutinize their websites. Show up at their appearances and get quotes, film, recordings, photos. Think Dan Rather.

Kind of an odd and vaguely Stalinist approach, no? Considering that the GOP has held the governor's mansion and Congress since 1994, the State Senate since 1934 (!), and the White House since January of 2001? You'd think they'd be googling their own accomplishments; but therein lies the rub, as there aren't that many to point to. Or, to rephrase that slightly, there aren't to many to point to that won't provoke disgust from the electorate.

Well, folks, spare Google; here's a primer for you:

A comprehensive listing of races being looked at is, for starters, Roll Call's NY overview. If a candidate has an R after his or her name, they will have a challenger. It's that simple. With R approval ratings down by up to twenty points generically, that implies that every seat you didn't win with 70%+ of the vote is up for grabs. Oh, and we do think the state Senate is due for a change, and unless you start fielding some people who aren't kooks, we expect to take all of the statewide offices, as well.

Just ask Al D'Amato; he's got some strong views on the 2006 elections in this state.

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