Huh????
He's giving all the excuses for kerry not to win... ignore the partisan potshots and look at the predictions...
we are in war and the economy is REALLY NOT BAD AT ALL.
'nuff said.
Taking all that and more into account, an expert forecasting model suggests that Bush will get 51.6 percent of the two-party vote. "
.... so if Bush beats Kerry 50.9% to 48.5%, Mellman will say, 'we did better than we could have expected'.
For a Democratic pollster and paid Kerry advisor, this is a pretty bleak analysis to be making before the polls open. This guy is sticking the fork in Kerry before the grill has been turned on.