...Republicans heavily in 2006 and lost them Hastert's seat this year. Roger Wicker's may be the next "safe" Republican bastion sacrificed by that blindness. John McCain does not want to find himself on the same list.

...Republicans howled.) Along the shores of Lake Michigan, Milwaukee and Racine offer precincts rich with Democrats. Republican bastions line the Fox River Valley, which runs through Oshkosh and Appleton. Green Bay is blue-collar and unionized...