I'm going with Drudge's headlines this weekend where GOP will keep both houses. Just not buying this incessant gloom folks especially with funding raising looking good.
Let's hope that the polls are as phony as they were in '04. I especially loved that Bob Shrum moment when he sia to Ketchup Boy: "Let me be the first to call you Mr. President." Still cracks me up!
Ignore the bastards, and VOTE!
Vote early, and vote often!
I read the article. It has only unnamed sources for the "Republicans are doomed" scenario. It also says Tennessee and Virginia are two of the Senate seats going Dem. I don't think so. More AP wishful thinking.
YaYa....easy...don't fall for it. We will retain both houses.
I'm doing everything I can with limited time and resources here in IL-6, one of the key House races (Duckworth vs. Roskam). This should be a safe seat (Hyde's old seat), but Roskam is barely ahead, if ahead at all.
I hope I can exhaust myself in the 72-hour push, pending an agreeable schedule at work.
I am really getting discouraged, however, at how hard it is right now. Lots of people are "coming home," so to speak; but there are a stomach-sickening number of people who are going to make this election much more painful than it needs to be.
I know the polls are oversampling Democrats, and I know that everyone at FR thinks that a ceaseless, brutal, calculated, and organized MSM attempt to sway this election will only totally backfire and help elect Republicans. But let me tell you, it's harder right now than many people want to admit.
I am getting really worried about Corker in TN, Talent in MO, and to a smaller degree George "constantly apologize and hope to run out the clock" Allen in VA. Burns seems to be edging closer in MT, and GOTV is early in DeWine's favor - also, Chafee is more popular in RI than many Freepers believe. But I am beginning to fear for the first time that the Dems just might take the Senate, and probably have the House all but sown up.
I'm going to work my butt off as often as I am able. But let me tell you - on the ground, it's a lot harder than many people want to admit right now.
I need some cheering up after this weekend's trauma.....
Yeah this is AP, and if you don't know by now they are pro-democrat, I have a bridge to sell you.
this story came out late Saturday morning on the AP and was covered by the lib-media...they are doing all they can to keep it front page news almost 36-hours later...
look what they actually say, not what is in the headline. If I was writing the headline from the article, it would be something like "dems don't have enough seats to win either house" Or "currently, republicans hold both houses by a narrow margin" I guess a mention of how unusual it is for the majority party to not lose seats in midterms is out of the question though.
I have posed this question and answer to all my democrat friends..If Osama, Saddam, and each terrorist would be given a chance to vote in the upcoming American election; which party would they vote for and why would you consider making the same mistake...they think about it!
Keep in mind that every loss of a Democrat seat in either House means they must gain two others elsewhere to gain seats. Ignorant pundits keep pointing to the Gingrich landslide in the House in 1994. That was the ONLY time in the history of the nation that one party made all the gains, and the other party suffered all of the losses. That was the ONLY instance that the two-for-one logic of making up for losses, did not apply.
Just using the numbers as presented in this AP article, it is good news for control of both Houses. In the Senate, a win in either New Jersey (Kean) or Maryland (Steele) will guarantee the Republicans remain in control.
In the House, this article notes that there are several races where Rep's are now leading in efforts to take Dem seats. If the Rep's take just two of those, and all the other races go as presently presented, the Dem's gain only eight seats in the House.
I am not saying that this is in the bag, and there isn't hard work to be done. It is not, and there is. What I am saying is that reality is setting in, and the results are probably that Pelosi will NOT be Speaker of the House, nor Reid (the million-dollar man) be Majority Leader in the Senate.
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This article is designed to make you stay home. They want you to think it's over and we might as well not bother to vote.
PHOOEY ON THAT NOISE! IT'S NOT OVER TILL THE FAT LADY SINGS - and anyway - the silent majority hasn't shown up to vote and we sure as hell don't participate in any polls.
Aside from that .. the dems are weighting their polls by 16% dems - totally UNREALISTIC - just like everything else they do. If they need to use 16% more dems - then we're winning most of the elections and they are lying through their teeth.
To me .. this is actually good news .. I think it's just another ploy from the media. Please .. let's not be stupid and buy into it.
"WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats hold solid leads for four of the six Republican seats they need to capture the Senate and about 10 of 15 required to win the House, according to officials in both parties. Numerous additional races remain highly competitive."
So everything being equal, the Democrats are not in fear of losing anything.
OK, Dems pick up four in Senate and ten in house. Let's not have the election. The Republicans still hold both houses. Oh, I get it. It's a moral victory.
Translation: The GOP is actually back ahead in most of these races and will be ahead in all of them by election day.
AP = Al queda Press
Notice that they do not say exactly which ones? They are reaching.