[Common Tator]

One of the crazy things the media does is promote the Democrats as likely big winners when they are not even close to being big winners.

That makes no sense to me. Democrats when they think they are a big winner already don't turn out all that well. Republicans when they think they are in trouble unite behind their candidates and do all they can to get out the vote.

What the media does, to use a football analogy, is cause the Democrats to think they are ahead when they are behind. Thinking they are ahead they go into a prevent defense when they are really behind on the scoreboard.

It just makes no sense.

[Political Junkie Too]

It's the false bravado that Terry McAuliffe made into an art form. Back then, they didn't believe it but the public was supposed to; now they can't tell the difference anymore.

-PJ

[Texasforever]

One thing is obvious. The Dems are falling for the hype that Dean can produce an internet victory for them. What they have though is their lunatic fringe in the form of Kos, DU, and Huffingtonpost,and especially Moveon that are making so much noise they think they must have a tidal wave of support. If Dean doesn't deliver he will be crucified like no other person in modern political history.

[Kryptonite]

Liberal elitism rules the day in the MSM.

Watching it fall apart bit by bit is fascinating.

[Chesterbelloc]

It reminds me of the way they act before the Presidential debates. Saying things like, "Gore is going to destroy Bush." and "Kerry is much smarter than Bush and is going to wipe up the floor with hime."

The better thing for them to do would be to set up expectations exactly the opposite of that, but their smug arrogance just won't let them.

[tcrlaf]

As we saw with the "Debates" after Kerry was the clear candidate, it's simply done to keep up the ratings....

If the Media reports that the Dems are crumbling, and have no chance at winning, how can they generate those much-needed ratings??

Just as in 2004, they NEED close races and biased polling to keep folks interested in thier coverage..

[GregH]

It bemusing to see Dems being deluded on the basis of polls, they think they got a nation so vast and so diverse like America covered on the basis of polling a few thousand people.

However the Republicans are pleased to have their Dems as their opponents.

[Uncledave]

Perhaps it's because they understand the typical dem is a knee-jerk follower and needs to feel part of the "majority opinion" to go out and vote?

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

One of the crazy things the media does is promote the Democrats as likely big winners when they are not even close to being big winners.

The are deluded by their own wishful thinking. Democrats and Arabs do have a lot in common.