[Izzy Dunne]

a race closely watched as a possible early barometer

It's only a "barometer" if it indicates things they way the MSM wants them to come out.

It won't be a barometer next week, some other future contest will be.

If the D had won, it would be the barometer for weeks.

< /cynicism >

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Just remember a "bellwether" is nothing but a castrated ram.

[oblomov]

...and if voters fail to follow the orders given to them by their media overlords, then it's because their fears and ignorance were whooped up by demagogues (gay marriage, illegal immigration, etc)... (/sarc)

[not2worry]

I think it is more like a thermometer and it's been stuck in the MSM *ss for the last six years!

[justshutupandtakeit]

There is no cynicism in your post. It is 100% truth.

[GianniV]

You're absolutely right - the MSM always does 2 things:

1) Finds some race where the Democrat may win and turn it into a national story as a "bellweather election." Of course, this is free political adverstising for the Democrat candidate.

2) If the Republicans win elections (like 2000, 2002 & 2004), they run stories within about a month of the election about how the Republicans really don't have any mandate and are "reaching too far to the right." They then start predicting electoral disaster in the next round of mid-term elections. See # 1 above for the next step.