[fieldmarshaldj]

No, no, I understand what you're saying here, it's just that races are obviously won individually. The generics can only show an overall positive/negative attitude towards the party nationwide, but I'm just not much of a fan of those types of polls. They always tend to be a masturbatory fantasy for 'Rats, since they are more often than not, leading the GOP.

[Coop]

Yeah, it's not a great measure, but they insist on using it. So who am I to fight it? :-)

[chuckles]

I can't help but believe people will walk into the voting booth thinking, "Do I want to lose another war and put up another slab of marble like we did in Nam?, Do I want a tax increase?, Do I want gay marriage?, Do I want to give up hunting and my guns?, Will we ever drill in ANWAR?, etc. I may not like everything Bush and the Repub's are doing, but the alternative is terrifying. Just mine the border, cut spending, drill in ANWAR, and nuke a few key countries and I'll be snug as a bug in a rug.

Most people aren't shallow enough to vote the way their "union" or AARP tells them to. They generally have more than one issue. A terror attack in the states would almost cinch a Repub win in November. The Dems would scream, "You see, we still aren't safe!", but they have no alternative other than to cut and run or negotiate with throat cutters.