[1stMarylandRegiment]

I just had with a longtime GOP operative. This gentleman, who has been in politics longer than I have been alive . . . I don’t know if this operative is right about everything, but I sure as heck respect his instincts and his assessment.

Don't know if you spoke to the same gentleman, but MY Senior operative told me that it is a foregone conclusion that Pres. Bush will win the election - but it will be a closer affair than we would want for comfort

[Oakleaf]

I really think it will be landslide for Bush and the rest of us...I just always have to caution my self that it isn't over until the election is over, I fear complacency and people not going to vote because "Bush will win".

Always remember the Duke of Wellington re: Waterloo (and repeated at Normandy) "It was a dammned close-run thing. It was the dammdest close-run thing you ever saw." Again, Wellington (?Waterloo ?Peninsula Campaign) "It will be hard pounding. We will see who can pound the hardest."