If there is wishful thinking going on, it's on the part of the fools who think the GOP turnout isn't going to be a lot higher than in '08.
In 2008 anyone who wasn’t blind could see the momentum that Obama had going into election day by just looking at bumper stickers or yard signs. Yesterday my wife and I took a trip across the center of New York State to go to dinner. We traveled about 50 miles and only saw (1) ONE Obama yard sign and probably 50 Romney/Ryan yard signs. This was our poll before the election. The difference between us and liberals is that we believe something when we see it with our own eyes. If we had a liberal in the back seat during our trip, they would have somehow tried to make us believe that the one yard with the Obama sign was the only non-racist home on the highway. Liberals can never see the forest through the trees.