[samantha]

Larry Sabato used to be good at things like this, but he has not had a good track record lately, and does not seem to know the electorate anymore. He smiles a lot, but it belies his poor record of late.

[Miss Marple]

Speaking of Larry Sabato, he was just on promoting gloom and doom. Said it will be almost impossible for Bush to get his approval ratings up to 50%. One thing he said really riled me: (Paraphrase) Bush has almost 3 years to go , which is longer than the Kennedy presidency.

I am sorry, but to me this sounds too much like hinting that Bush should be taken out. Plus, approval atings can turn on a dime, as we have seen over the last 20 years.