It's Awfully Early for the Dem "Triage" Stories

I mentioned another post the other day about how the Dems are already starting to cut support from races they are clearly going to lose while trying to "firewall" enough seats to save control of the House.  It's probably a losing effort.

Jay Cost, in his first effort for The Weekly Standard, takes a look at how bad the situation is for the Democrats right now.  Here's just a brief excerpt:

These numbers explain why we're getting "Dem triage" stories when it's still 90 degrees in the nation's capital. Think of it this way: Obama won WA-2 by 14 points. A poll by a non-partisan, reputable firm shows it at +4 GOP, for a total swing of 18 points. Apply that to the 435 districts across the country, and you have over 100 Democratic House seats in potential jeopardy.

He reports that six of the ten Dem incumbents in Ohio are in trouble. Other media reports show a Republican surge in that state that is likely to sweep Dems from the seats of power throughout the state.

Read Jay's entire piece at the link above.

And Dems need Ohio if they want to keep the White House in 2012.  It's an important state in national electoral politics.