Ain't that something? The NYT reports that several Republican governorships are likely to fall to Democrats while most Democratic governorships aren't in any danger (Pennsylvania and Michigan appear to be the exceptions).

Among the states that could flip to the Democratic column are Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Nevada and Ohio, all general election battlegrounds carried by Mr. Bush, as well as New York and perhaps California.
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Analysts said Democrats had a chance of picking up Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New York, Ohio and — possibly, though less likely — Alabama, California, Florida and Minnesota.

Not to mention Massachussets and Maryland should never have had Republican governorships in the first place. Ehrlich has been a total joke, and has accomplished nothing in 4 years. Romney spends his time campaigning and insulting his home state. Not exactly the type of Republicans like Bloomberg who know how to fit into Democratic territory.

Finally, the article shows there are some Democrats out there who get it.

Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, a Kansas Democrat who is favored in her re-election bid in a state where Mr. Bush won 62 percent of the vote, said ethics and competence would be among the most crucial issues for Democrats in 2006.

"People demand competence at a bare minimum," she said. "They want to believe that elected officials have their best interests at heart, not special interests."

Woohoo! That's right. This is the point of Give Up blog. You don't need to debate with Republicans about policy, they are so incompetent in managing anything the basic campaign strategy of Democrats should be to simply point out that the average Republican candidate probably couldn't run a Dairy Queen effectively.