Experts acknowledge Trauner's momentum
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Oct 26, 2006 Posted by Bill Luckett
Wyoming's U.S. House race is trending toward a Gary Trauner victory on Nov. 7, according to national experts. Two of the country's foremost political prognosticators have changed their official ratings of the race to reflect the increasing likelihood that Gary Trauner will take Wyoming's only House seat from Barbara Cubin. It's encouraging to see that the national experts are finally catching on to something that those of us who know Gary and who know Wyoming have known for a long time: Wyoming's people are ready to make a serious upgrade in their congressional representation.
The Cook Political Report, an independent, nonpartisan, highly respected political analyst, has changed its rating of Wyoming's congressional race from "likely Republican" to "lean Republican." Robert Novak, another one of the nation's most revered political analysts, has upgraded the race from "likely Republican retention" to "leans Republican."
Yet another respected outfit, Congressional Quarterly, already pegged the race as "leans Republican" back in August (upgraded from "Republican favored"), and that was before the last two weekends of debates, Cubin's bizarre behavior, and Gov. Freudenthal's endorsement of Trauner. Cheyenne's NewsChannel 5 reports that CQ is also working on a new article about Wyoming's House race.
This has been an uphill battle all year, and there is still a lot of work to do, but we are getting positive signs everywhere we look. We can help Gary win this thing if we all do what we can over the next 12 days. If you have time and energy, volunteer to help Gary right now by calling 307-472-GARY (that's 307-472-4279). If you don't have any free time but you can contribute some money, do it right now at https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/8943. This is going to be a close election. Anything you can do to help Gary will make an important difference. Please get involved.