[Betaille]

"have marked a lot of stupid words made by doom and gloom people like you for the last four years"

I'm not doom-and-gloom at all. I was very confident that Bush would win in 2004, and also confident in 2002 that the Republicans would do well in congressional elections. I am just telling you in detail what will happen in 2006 if Miers is confirmed. Many if not most conservative donors will shut their wallets, and many conservative voters will stay home on election day. It's not optimism or pessimism, just realistic.

[jveritas]

Oh please! I remember many of your posts in 2004 and you were as doom and gloom as "oceanview".

[Mr Rogers]

I don't think many conservative voters will stay at home.

I DO think they will lack the enthusiasm & passion to persuade their less conservative/less politically inclined neighbors and friends to vote.

And that is deadly in a society which saw Kerry come within a few percentage points of beating GWB!