A new poll out this morning from the University of New Hampshire showing Republicans could sweep the entire Congressional Delegation in November if they choose certain candidates.

US SENATE – NEW HAMPSHIRE (U of New Hampshire)

Kelly Ayotte (R) 41% Paul Hodes (D) 33% Paul Hodes (D) 34% Bill Binnie (R) 30%

Paul Hodes (D) 38% Ovide Lamontagne (R) 29% Paul Hodes (D) 36% Jim Bender (R) 27%

US HOUSE – NEW HAMPSHIRE – CD1 (U of New Hampshire)

Frank Guinta (R) 43% Carol Shea-Porter (D-Inc) 33% Rich Ashooh (R) 36% Carol Shea-Porter (D-Inc) 33%

Bob Bestani (R) 36% Carol Shea-Porter (D-Inc) 33% Sean Mahoney (R) 39% Carol Shea-Porter (D-Inc) 32%

US HOUSE – NEW HAMPSHIRE – CD2 (U of New Hampshire)

Charlie Bass (R) 37% Katrina Swett (D) 30% Charlie Bass (R) 39% Ann McLane Kuster (D) 28%

Katrina Swett (D) 30% Jennifer Horn (R) 26% Jennifer Horn (R) 28% Ann McLane Kuster (D) 25%

This entire poll was done January 27-February 3 among 444 likely voters. Also otu this morning is a new poll for Ohio from Scott Rasmussen showing John Kasich with a 6% lead over Democratic incumbent Governor Ted Strickland.

GOVERNOR – OHIO (Rasmussen)
John Kasich (R) 47%
Ted Strickland (D-inc) 41%

This poll was done February 5-6 among 500 likely voters.

It is really hard to get too excited about what is happening int eh political world when the thought of another 20 inches of snow is bering down on your house after just having to dig out from the previous 30 inches.

This week’s Special Elections at the state level all occur in New York today in four separate districts in the New York State Assembly. Three of the districts were held by Democrats while the other was held by a Republican.

In District 3, it will Republican L. Dean Murray against Democrat Lauren Thoden. In 2008, the Democratic candidate won this seat by a 65%-35% margin.

In District 15, it will be Republican Michael A. Montesano against Democrat Matthew Meng. In 2008, the Republican candidate won this seat by a 60%-40% margin.

In District 24, it will be Republican Bob Friedrich against Democrat David Weprin. The Democratic candidate won this seat unopposed in 2008.

In District 89, it will be Republican Robert Castelli against Democrat Peter Harckham. The Democratic candidate won this seat unopposed in 2008.

Clearly I do not know too much about any of these races or who should win. I did find this article about the races in the 3rd and 15th districts. And here is another article that also includes information on the other two races.

Polls out later as they become available….

Global Warming continues unabated. From the National Weather Service:

Issued by The National Weather Service
Baltimore/Washington, MD
3:04 pm EST, Mon., Feb. 8, 2010

… WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR… WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* PRECIPITATION TYPE… SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS… 10 TO 20 INCHES.

* TIMING… MID-AFTERNOON TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

Honestly, we are flat out of space for snow in our neighborhood. I have no idea where we are going to be able to put an additional 20 inches of snow. This is really getting old….

Democrats chances of holding gubernatorial seat in Colorado look much better in a new poll from Scott Rasmussen.

GOVERNOR – COLORADO (Rasmussen)
John Hickenlooper (D) 49%
Scott McInnis (R) 45%

McIniis has lead by 3% in a poll taken just last month by Scott Rasmussen, a 7% swing in a single month. This poll was done February 4th among 500 likely voters.

We had another poll out from Scott Rasmussen, this for the gubernatorial race in Nevada showing Harry Reid’s kid trailing the top Republican by double digits. Harry Reid’s kid does manage to lead the incumbent Republican Governor who will hopefully lose in the primary.

GOVERNOR – NEVADA (Rasmussen)
Brian Sandoval (R) 45%
Rory Reid (D) 33%

Rory Reid (D) 44%
Jim Gibbons (R-inc) 35%

Rory Reid (D) 40%
Michael Montadon (R) 36%

This poll was done February 3rd among 500 likely voters. Another poll for Colorado from Rasmussen should be out after 3pm.

Things getting back to normal around here. We did get a new poll from Scott Rasmussen this morning for the state of Ohio showing Republican Rob Portman with a 4% lead over the top two Democrats.

US SENATE- OHIO (Rasmussen)
Rob Portman (R) 43%
Lee Fisher (D) 39%

Rob Portman (R) 42%
Jennifer Brunner (D) 38%

A rare two-day poll from Rasmussen as this poll was done February 5-6 among 500 likely voters.

One final gaggle of snow pictures before everyone heads off to their respective Super Bowl parties. We finally did get out for a drive through Columbia to check things out.

For the most part, the main roads were clear, but in some locations lanes just disappeared like this right-turn only lane from 175 to Thunder Hill Road.

I still love the look of untouched snow over a large area. It just looks so peaceful.

The parking lot for the American City Building and General Growth Properties had been plowed and could easily be used tomorrow.

The Lakefront looked beautiful in the snow, but none of the sidewalks had been shoveled out yet.

The Mall in Columbia was open for business, but as you can see from the parking lot, not a lot of people made it over there despite the wide open parking lots.

Now for some random photos I found interesting driving around. I found another tree that gave in to the snow.

And remember the car stuck in the left-turn only lane I showed earlier? It is still there.

Finally, after someone spends all the time digging out their car and wants to take a drive somewhere, there is a simple security device to make sure no one takes their hard-earned spot.

Too funny. The public schools in Howard County are already shut down for Monday. The local weather people claim we could a some more snow on Tuesday, so we get to this all over again.

Now before I head out for the Super Bowl, you should know the Saints will win 34-24. More importantly, I ended up with 4’s for both the Colts and Saints in my Super Bowl Squares pool, so I don’t care what the final score is as long as every quarter ends with the Colts and Saints having 14, 24, 34 or 44 points….

Enjoy the evening….

It is the day after the big snow storm and a lot people who hadn’t bothered to touch their cars yesterday were out in force today. Since we cleared out our cars yesterday, we decided to take a small walk. Our county road has some mixed results. In some areas, the road is clear down to the pavement.

And in other areas, not so much.

And because the road has only been clear for about a lane and a half, when two cars are trying to pass, it can be a little tricky, as they two cars were finding out trying to pass the same point at the same time.

But at least their cars are moving, unlike these three cars that appear to have gotten stuck on Friday night and decided to walk the rest of the way home.

I actually came home Friday night around 9:00pmand had to pass by this section. Even then, the road was already becoming difficult to drive in. If they got to this point as little as an hour later, my guess is they had trouble making it up the hill in this spot. It appears they just left their car behind and went to their house. We walked out a little further to the main state road (technically it is a county road too that changes to a state road a half mile away). As you can see, there is still a decent layer of snow still on the road.

There were a few cars on the road, although all the cars that passed us were clearly taking it easy and not nearly reaching the speed limit of the road.

Now the funny one. Check out this car that is just about buried in snow. What is humorous is that the car is currently sitting in what is a left-turn only lane. Like the cars earlier, he clearly got stuck on Friday night and decided to abandon his car in place.

What sucks is that this car will probably be there for a while and make it that much more difficult for the snow plows to fully clear the road. This was about the only sidewalk that I found cleared in my nearby neighborhood.

Hopefully no one has a fire because getting to this fire hydrant might be a tad tricky.

And to finish things off, a shot of the Oliver Carriage House in Town Center.

My prediction for tomorrow is schools will be closed, but most employers will be open including the Government with Liberal Leave policies in place.

Maybe will have some more snow pictures later today. I am so glad that I did my digging yesterday as the temperatures around here have dropped dramatically and will make shoveling that much worse, even with the sun being out. Watching the local news, it appears that many of the side streets still have a lot of work to go on them and even the main roads do not have their full lanes open as of this morning.

Sorry for this mix up on the URL last night for the New Orleans Mayoral race. Regardless, Mitch Landrieu easily won the primary with 65%+ of the vote and will become the next mayor of New Orleans to, I am sure to the hopes of many, pick up for the failed administration of Ray Nagin.

Meanwhile, Brandon in the comments found a new poll from Fleming and Associates for the state of Rhode Island showing former Republican US Senator Lincoln Chafee leading the race for Governor as an Independent in a three-way race.

GOVERNOR – RHODE ISLAND (Fleming and Associates)
Lincoln Chafee (I) 34%
Patrick Lynch (D) 23%
John Robitaille (R) 18%

Lincoln Chafee (I) 31%
Frank Caprio (D) 30%
John Robitaille (R) 13%

This poll was done January 27-31 among 501 registered voters.

Okay, back to politics. Despite the blizzard-like conditions in the Mid-Atlantic, Louisiana held elections today for a variety of races. The marquee match up concerns the primary race in New Orleans to see who replace the failed Mayor Ray Nagin. The polls have now closed.

The official election results can be found here at the Louisiana Secretary of State website for the mayoral primary.