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AMERICANINTOKYO WROTE: "Bush could still lose it believe it or not, but by a slim margin. Remember Kerry six weeks ago? The mental trick is to enjoy these polls, but then in one's mind subtract 10 to 15 points from them for Bush, and then get scared again, and then run like there is no way to win it except pull out all the stops."

AMERICANINTOKYO ADDED: "With that mindset, KERRY IS STILL AHEAD!!!"

EXACTLY!!! I lost becomming the Bush Elector four years ago because 40 Delegates in the U. S. District Caucus left early thinking I was a shoo-in. I lost by 12 votes out of an original 164 Delegates present before the 40 left without voting first.

That experience really DRILLED it into my mind that EVERY VOTE COUNTS!!! We MUST constantly think in terms of being at least 5 points behind.

This year, I did NOT take ANYTHING for granted! I worked like I was behind and as if I had at least one opponent (I had been told by someone they were planning to run also). In the end, after working like a dog for votes, I ended up being elected unanimously.

BOTTOM LINE: Work like we need EVERY vote! With RATS voting from the dead, we DO!

Exactly.

("PT") Premature Triumphalism MUST be eliminted from Free Republic!

I tell you, it will be the death of us yet!

It is rampant here. It really is beginning to disturb me.