Media polls over poll Democrats and under poll Republicans because they are using pre Karl Rove turn out averages to gage this years turn out. Actually the Republican base is scared to death of a house run by Nancy Pelosi and gang. They don't need a lot of motivation. Those that need motivation are the centrist voters that have for the last 3 elections voted Republican. They are the voters being targeted in the Grass Roots efforts of the Republican party.
We can see the efforts of the last few weeks in the polls as the Grass Roots efforts of the Republicans have begun to bear fruit. The final 72 hour push will move many races into the Republican win column.
What candidates will learn is that the media can no longer elect or re-elect anyone. But voters can and will elect and defeat those they oppose. The big loser in this election will be the media.
Candidates of both parties will come to understand that the voters are in control. Newer before has the media come out so strongly for a Democratic victory. They have dropped all attempts to appear neutral. The media is openly working for the Democrats. If the Democrats lose the media will take a huge hit.
Both parties will understand that the media cannot elect or defeat anyone. Both parties have come to believe that they dare not confront an openly biased media. So both the Democrat and Republican elected official are to the left of their parties base. They are trying to please the media.
But if the Republicans win both parties will see clearly that they must please the voters of this nation. Both parties will move to the right.
If we come to understand how important this election is for our nations future, and vote accordingly the media's influence will fall. A few media types will figure out what it takes to get a huge audience. The media too will move to the right. Not because they want to.. But because those few media types on the right will garner the largest audience.
This is the most important election of my lifetime. I can only hope and pray we have the sense to win it.
Thank you.
"Newer before has the media come out so strongly for a Democratic victory. They have dropped all attempts to appear neutral."
I think they do this every single election. I'll never forget how astonished I was when Nixon got re-elected. I was about 10 years old. It was then that I realized how deeply biased the media was (I grew up in NYC a truly media saturated town) and also that Nixon had been right about the "silent majority" (see tagline!). And the MSM wasn't 1/2 as bad then as they are now. I see no reason at all to expect them to change, not for at least 20 years can we expect to see any improvement.