Between freddie and billie crystal this is why I would never have the "weak-ly standard" in my home.
So freddie there is NOTHING that will change from now until Nov. 7? In that case why don't we cancel the election and give the money we save to Speaker pelosi's favorite charity?
Now that just about every poll has shown that there has been no effect from the foley incident, we are left where we were before.
We have the best economy in our lifetimes- Dow at all time highs, and 401Ks are glowing again. Gas is down and we have not been attacked in 5 years.
I suggest that everyone take a look at the GOP GOTV. It might be helpful. The history of mid term elections shows an average of about 34.2% turn out. In 1994 we kicked it up by 3.5% and made huge gains. In 2004 we got 62 million votes. There is a huge upside available and we know more about how to run a great GOTV now.
And here is the Newsweek Headline in 2002. It's too bad we don;t have a ready libray of predictions and polls from all of these sources. Polling is bordering on Fraud. I found one--I'm sure there are hundreds of stories like this one that are media generated.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3068006
Democrats Take the Lead in Midterms
While George W. Bush focuses on building support for war with Iraq, voters say they are most concerned about the economy.
By Jennifer Barrett
Newsweek Web Exclusive
Updated: 7:09 a.m. ET Sept 28, 2002
Sept. 28 - With less than six weeks until the November mid-term elections, Democratic Congressional candidates have taken the lead among voters, according to the latest NEWSWEEK poll.
IF THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS for U.S. Congress were held today, more registered voters say they would vote for the Democratic candidate (47 percent) than the Republican candidate (40 percent) in their district. Thirteen percent say the would vote for another party’s candidate or are undecided. That’s a turnabout from the NEWSWEEK poll taken just after President George W. Bush’s Sept. 12 speech on Iraq to the United Nations, when 43 percent said they would vote for the GOP candidate, vs. 41 percent fot he Democrat.
Democrats need to pick up just six seats in the House of Representatives to gain control. In the Senate, Democrats already have a one-seat majority, and Republicans have more seats to defend.
We can only hope all GOP voters out there are as motivated as we here are. But not all those polls can be wrong. Things are not looking too good right now. Funny that as the GOP has spent millions on ads their numbers seem to have gone down.
If the Foley "scandal" (what a joke) really is going to depress Republican turn out then the party can only blame itself. Are these voters really so wimpy that they would rather let the far left take over because they somehow were upset an obscure congressman engaged in some raunchy emails?? If that is the case then the party could not have been very strong to begin with.
freddie and billy are faux conservatives whose knees buckle quickly at the slightly sign of trouble. The Weakly Standard is a silly and irrelevant and the National Review. Both are run by a bunch of inbred sissies.
In the end, all politics IS local, and most incumbents will win. I predict we hold by 3. It could go the other way, and Nancy may have a plurality of 1-2. But she would be tearing her hair out trying to keep it together. With 435 members. people get sick and die. The majority could flip often if we were in a situation like that. Not exactly a win for Pelosi. More like a nightmare.