Most people here think there is time to sort this out before the election. There isn't.
In a lot of the close house races, 60% of the vote will be by absentee. Absentee voting is starting this week. The election will be over (in terms of votes cast) in most close house districts before we can clear this issue.
It was timed perfectly and overreach doesn't matter. The votes are cast. Drive by media strikes again. They tried this in 2000 (drunk driving), 2004 (TANG and Al Kaa Kaa) and failed. They have probably already succeeded this time.
I don't like to be so negative but this was the best executed political dirty trick since the atom bomb ad by LBJ. It doesn't matter if the kid turns out to be 18. The retraction will be on page 43 of the NYT's and the networks will just drop the story. There's just not enough time for the blogs to turn it around. The election is over by the end of next week.
Model, nice try. Falls on deaf ears. Elections are won by physical voters on election day, not absentees.
I hear you and I disagree.
Yes, many conservatives do not vote. And some may even be more inclined not to vote this time around.
HOWEVER, the economic conservatives will vote and will vote strongly or republicans mainly because of fiscal policy but als because the specter of waxman/conyers/rangle at the helm of any committee - even the local dog catcher one - is too repugnant to contemplate.