[Ravi]

Do some serious between the lines reading here. Very interesting.

[kinoxi]

I think I can, I think I can...

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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JOHN KERRY =


Pictures of a vietnamese Re-Education Camp

http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1308949/posts


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[p[adre29]

Schumer's body language and mannerisms were defeatist in there attitudes.

Pelosi, the hairy one, has been off radar mostly, she is betting on a stacked deck of scandal and apathy to bring her SF values to Pennsylvania avenue...

[pollyannaish]

Republicans, of course, may have decided that they have a Machiavellian interest in setting up Democrats with inflated expectations....From a communications standpoint, the Democrats have done a lousy job managing expectations

Bwahahaha. Gasp. Bwahahaha. Some of us around here have been saying this for MONTHS. Managing expectations is what puts the magnificent in RYMB. (Good think they've got some education or I might think they were, well, not that smart and didn't study and do their homework. Bwahahaha.)

[billybudd]

In most midterm elections, an out-of-power party picking up, say, 14 seats in the House and five seats in the Senate could call it a pretty good night.

Isn't the average midterm pickup for the minority party something like 25 House seats?

[burnitdown]

The political parties are both becalmed because there's no longer any real consensus in America. The Dems were hoping that the many people who dislike Iraq would suddenly ignore the rest of the liberal agenda and vote anti-Republican for that reason. Some will, but they forget that the people making the most noise are often the active but inconsequential minority... c'est la vie with democracy.

[Petronski]

[hsalaw]

In most midterm elections, an out-of-power party picking up, say, 14 seats in the House and five seats in the Senate could call it a pretty good night.

Rush said that, historically, the out-of-power party (other than in 2004)picks up an average of 30 seats in the House and 20 in the Senate. The NYSlimes is definitely lowering expectations here, so that if the dems do ANYTHING it'll look like a win.

[nopardons]

Yes, there is. It's because they know, KNOW, that there is NOT going to be any "blue wave" tomorrow and have stopped lying to themselves and others.

[Finalapproach29er]

These guys are ridiculous because of there bias.

What amateurs.

[Red Steel]

an out-of-power party picking up, say, 14 seats in the House and five seats in the Senate could call it a pretty good night.

Nope.

Dems pick up 5 House seat or less and 1 to -1 Senate seats.

[torchthemummy]

If the polls have been as artificially created as I believe they are then this plays into my whole theory that at the last minute they would do some "pullin' even" stories to save some minimal face. Unfortunately for them, if this is true, they committed to lifting their wings to fly level way too late. Every cycle of this crap dilutes their marketabilty until they can only survive by appealing to the lowest common denominator. They are well on their way but can still salvage enough to carry them to all-internet enterprises that may have some semblance of intellectual honesty intertwined.

[paudio]

For Democrats, Even a Gain May Feel Like a Failure

This is new. Usually:

For Democrats, Even a Failure May Feel Like a Gain.

[randita]

It remains to be seen, but I've been wondering all along if the over inflated polls favoring Democrats wouldn't stifle Dem turnout and rouse GOP turnout. I mean, how jazzed would you be to get to the polls if, all along, predictions favored your party widely?

The DBM, seeking to assist, may have instead sealed the Dems doom in this one.