D turnout might be strong enough to flip a couple of House seats even if the state has no chance of going to President Obama.
Not to mention saving one. The same poll did a sample of CD12 and shows Barrow up by 6 (50-44). Of course, this is one of those rare cases where a Georgia Democrat is outspending a Republican 3-to-1.
The sample size is probably low, but that's impressive for Barrow. He really should try for governor in 2014, or maybe senate if Romney is president.
If Barrow holds on, it will only be because he's the incumbent. If he runs for higher office, the GOP will get his old seat and he'll likely not win statewide. Altho with all the gerrymandering the GOP has repeatedly done to try and get rid of him, he has represented more like 2 CDs worth of voters instead of the usual 1 CD, so he has a bit more name recognition than is usual for a non-leadership Representative.
