E-mail—an interesting point:

Rich,
Thanks for the rundown on the House races. I follow them closely and get most if not all of my information from Bob Novak’s update. I think he’s too much of a pessimist though. As far as OH18 goes, Novak said in his update that Padgett’s internal numbers now have her ahead despite the fact she recently declared bankruptcy.
I also want to run this idea past you. I really have a problem with House members who decide to leave closely held seats in difficult years to run for offices which they’re likely not to win. Specifically, I’m talking about Bob Beauprez, Jim Nussle, and Mark Green. Three safe House seats are up for grabs and only one may remain Republican. Given the fact that 2006 was always going to be difficult, don’t you think they should have had some obligation to retaining a majority?