Go For It, Mr. President(Excellent Read!)

Real Clear Politics ^ | October 19, 2006 | Jed Babbin

[kellynla]

Political scientists will be picking over the bones of the 2006 election for decades, trying to figure out if Kim Jong-il's nukes were more important to voters than Mark Foley's instant messages. The range of variables affecting voters’ final decisions, propelled by a strong leftward news dynamic, has maintained a longer-than-normal fluidity in the polls. In an election-year September, it isn’t unheard of for one party to lose 13 points of a 16-point lead, as the Dems did. But in mid-October, what are we to make of a CNN poll giving Dems a 21-point lead released the same day as a FOX News poll saying the Dem lead is only 9?

Today there are only two certainties: first, the news dynamic is bad for Republicans; and second, the data the polls have given us are still soft. They don't yet - and for another week or more won't - reflect voters' final decisions or predict accurately voter turnout. That fact may return Michael DeWine and Jim Talent to the Senate next year, and prevent Nancy Pelosi from taking the Speaker's gavel.

Republicans need to better understand and act on the signals voters are sending. Vice President Cheney - who to the 527 Media personifies everything wrong with the Bush White House - is being received like a rock star on campaign stops (according to one New York Times report.) In Virginia, a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage is being supported by about 53% of Virginia voters and, as the Washington Post reports mournfully, no state has yet rejected such a ban. And if viewer ratings have the value political polls do, where CBS News now stands people may soon be able to view the Couric Crater.

[Ro_Thunder]

While that may be the case, he certainly isn't televised as often as Pres. Reagan was.

I was a youngster in Pres. Reagan's days, and I remember watching him on TV much more often than I do Pres. Bush (43), even though I'm much more aware politically now.

[stevie_d_64]

ABCCBSNBCCNNMSNBC

Put dividers where you like...

I would almost throw FOX in there as well, but they have their moments where I and a few others believe they "lean" the right way on certain things...

[stevie_d_64]

"...Americans understand that the best defense is a good offense."

I saw the official commercial last night...

This is now an official "Man Law"!

Burt said so!

[July 4th]

Pay attention. He's on Fox News most every morning somewhere in America making his case and communicating.

There's a difference between being on TV every day and having a solid message that gets someone's attention and sticks in their head. Not that I don't agree with what the President has to say, but he and his team have done a poor job of selling it as of late.

[CheezyChesster]

I do not want a president who considers propaganda his main job. Likewise, I do not believe that wisdom resides in the federal government, so I don't want them presuming to tell us what to eat

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Have you had your fill of North Korea yet ?

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India and Pakistan have both exploded Nuclear bombs !, they will both annihilate each other and start WWIII ! The lions will loose to the bears and the Tigers will win the series. Oh my ! ~ good grief Charlie Brown~

[RockinRight]

We'll have another one. When I run.

;-)

[crz]

Sour grapes is the reason this party is going down the hole. This year is the first time I will vote as an Independant. Otherwise I always voted Republican.

The man hasnt the capacity to communicate the way R.R. did.

[CheezyChesster]

Oh we are so very sorry for performing the Nuclear test we performed last week !, and we don't plan any further tests in the future. Can we sit down now and have constructive talks ?

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HaHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH LMFAO ! , what a F'n Joke !