Posted on 10/30/2004 7:00:03 AM PDT by Paul8148
WISCONSIN SURPRISE [John J. Miller] I'm skeptical about Republican Tim Michels beating Democratic senator Russ Feingold in the Wisconsin Senate race, but a friend at the NRSC just sent me tracking numbers that show Feingold's lead slipping from 13 points to 5 points in four days:
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I have been working diligently for Tim in the Fox Valley, and I get very positive comments from all. But I have to be cautiously optimistic, as the Valley leans Republican.
Our phone bank calls for the president also urge people to vote for Tim Michels, so he is getting some help there. We are making call by the hundreds of thousands here in Wisconsin. It is a sight to behold when the phone bank has more volunteers than phones!
There was a Michels ad out this morning - I'm assuming it's new - Rudy Guilliani is in endorsing Tim Michels. Hoping this will do it!
The race is obviously closing, and this, IMHO speaks well for Bush in the state. Michael Barone has an article a few weeks ago, in which his thesis is that because the country is so divided, we are going to see a much higher % of striaght ticket voting than anytime since 1980. So if the GOP senate candidate is doing well, one can deduce that at the top of the ticket, W will win by 5+%
a big bush victory and you never know what can happen
From your mouth to God's ear!
That's what we're woring for. There has never been a larger grassroots effort in Wisconsin. I have it on good authority that the dems are going to be 'shocked' by what they see of our volunteers on Tuesday.
the msm seems to think we dont have a gotv program that can compete with the dems . didn't they learn anything from 2002 . oh yeah you have to have a brain to learn.
**Feingold's lead slipping from 13 points to 5 points in four days:**
Maybe Feingold won't be Minority Leader after all. (We all know that Dimwit Obstructionist Daschle is on his way out.)
couple of points,
I was Michaels at Wausau, a very good canidate (former Army Ranger officer, sucessful small businsessman great family, tall, good speaker) if he does not beat Feingold he will proabaly take down Kohl in the future. He was pretty good in the debates
Much of his Senate run has involved national security so perhaps the new Bin Laden tape will help
The RNC has recently sent over $600,000 for Michaels so maybe they are seeing an opening
Hopefully there will be a coattails effect with a large Bush win
I am inclined to believe that Feingold will hold on but I do thinks this is closer than it was built up to be.
I donated to the Michels campaign.
The narrowing margin translates to a surge for Bush.
We will see a big surprise on Tuesday.
I would love to see that! I continue to pray..
The Fox Valley is the Republican base. If he was not doing well there, he'd be going down in flames.
I'll be voting for Michaels, but I have to say that Feingold is gonna be tough to beat. He's spending tons of money on ads {so much for Campaign Reform}, and if I didn't know better, I'd beleive the ads -- They're good.
The Recent money from the RNC probably DOES Explain the recent Michael's Ads, that have also been good.
Between the criminally high taxes, rampant Illinois style vote fraud....and a Gov and AG who turn their backs on Democrat crime...
Perhaps next time we Wisconsinites will shake off all DNC RATs gnawing on our necks...
We need to start shopping for a new Gov and AG ASAP
Scott Walker will run for governor. He'll be a great candidate.
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