Could it be that Americans know there's more to the Iraq picture than "the persistence of violence" reported by the drive-by media? Could it be that the polls are manufactured by that same media in order to have something to talk about? Could it be that the American people's spines are a lot stronger than the whiners in the media and the democrat party give them credit for? Could it be that the media and the dems are perpetually astonished when they, and only they, believe their own advertising?
This can not be said too often. Democrats want the US to fail in Iraq and as a country so they can return to power, pick up the pieces and remake the US in their own image.
Mr. Barone, in all of his great wisdom, has outlined what no major pundit (Charlie Cook, Stuart Rothenberg, etc.) has a clue to, which is why both of these pundits and scores more will look like buttheads, as they did in 2000, 2002 & 2004, on the day after the elections of 2006. The current Democrat Party will lose seats in both the Senate and House, even though the Republican Party has its fair share of RINO/Liberal idiots. The American voter will stick with GW Bush and the Republicans, because they believe and know that the Democrat party will never defend America and its citizens from an attack, either inside or outside the country. All one has to do is be objective in studying the primary returns of this electoral season, to note and see the developing trends. Of course, Democrat lovers like Mr. Cook and Mr. Rothenberg, along with the MSM democrat lackeys will paint and skew a different picture, but at the end of the day, the average American voter will say: Please don't pee down my back and tell me its raining. I personally believe the Democrat Party is on the road to self-destruction, for if they do not recapture at least the House this year, they will not win the POTUS race in 2008. When one lives their entire life in denial of reality, the only outcome can be defeat at the polls. End of story!!!
"maybe they're doing just the opposite"....shhhhhhhh!
Except of course, if it turns out to be one of his liberal buddies and then it becomes personal. He just might ask for withdrawal just to show who's boss. What a complete ***.
You buried the lead, Michael: and you should have edited out the phrases "A substantial part of", "some of", and "many of". Here. Let me fix it for you:
There. Now you have accuracy.
This will go down as the YEAR OF THE ANGRY RAT.
BTTT
Mr. Barone's got this one wrong (I sure don't say that very often). Pelosi, Reid and Kerry paid the briefest lip service to hailing Zarqawi's death, and did that only to set up their real point, which was "Withdraw our troops at once!" Reid in particular sounded like he was on the verge of weeping on the Senate floor when he "congratulated" our troops.
Their sentiments clearly lie with Stark, Kucinich and McDermott, as well as John Murtha. They're just too chickensh!t to come out and say it themselves; instead, they'll hide behind these kooks in a vain attempt to "look electable" while trying to appease the far left Deaniacs who run their party.
Kos seems to conveniently neglect the fact that the Dems had a hot primary battle in his analysis. That was one reason they got so close in the 50th. He's harping on the dollars spent by the Pubs being almost double what the Dems spent.
Barone seems the more objective source of information. He's amazing on election night, he analyzes voting precinct by precinct and has an idea of the changes in precincts since the last election.
Actually the war is what keeps W afloat
If he would at least admit he is wrong on immigration and do what is needed to correct the problem he would be pooled way above 50%
Barone is, as always, great. I haven't heard any comments by Fourtney "Pete" Stark lately, but he's still an idiot.