[Elpasser]

Wise words. Besides, only the most deranged of the Bush haters can stay really angry for that many years.

[taxcontrol]

One possibility is that all the Democrat "we will win" news will suppress the dem's turnout.

[eeevil conservative]

their little heads will explode in November!

[JCEccles]

Today, their lack of message continues, other than the same “We’re not the others guys” which failed them in the last campaign

Many of them (Ford, Casey, etc) are desperate to be seen as conservatives this time out. Even Barack Obama, the emerging Great Black Hope of the elite white male Democratic plantation owners, is busy perfecting the art of conservative camouflage.

They can no longer win as open and unapologetic liberals except in the large blue state cities.

[Popocatapetl]

This is a very good question. Remember that the democrats used to hold power with well-disciplined blocks of votes from interest groups like big labor. However, that has broken down to a great extent.

1) Are big unions still being allowed to "cheat" in elections, using their personnel to support democrat political campaigns?

2) Other interest groups like the NRA have been suspiciously quiet this election cycle. Could this harm the republicans?

3) Will outright cheating and malfeasance, like in King County WA, be decisive; and how many races will be contested in the courts?

4) How great is the republican "gerrymander" advantage based on redistricting?

5) Are there to be any more last minute October or November surprises?

[telebob]

Will the rats turn out? Check out the story below for an answer. The party with the best GOTV will win this one. If the rats don't have it, they're toast.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1724327/posts

Is this happening around the country?

[Cobra64]

Paragraphs are our friends.

[Obadiah]

No Democrats won't turn out in November. They don't need to! The MSM said that the election is over so the Dems can go back to sleep and wait for the mailman.

[AmeriBrit]

I think the only voters the RATS can rely on is the very old who vote RAT because their parents always did and the left over hippies. Their rallies have been mainly the latter, teenagers or early twenties who have gone just for a lark. Most didn't even know what the rallies were for. I doubt there's many of the teenagers etc., who'll go alone and vote unless they gather in a group and make it another 'lark' occasion.

[CBart95]

This is such a bogus "Get out the Vote" ploy that it's sickening. All the toadies and camp followers chiming in. It's almost a parody of itself.

Wanta make a list of all the suckups working for the Dem machine? Check out the commenters here.

OK guys! Back on your little yellow busses. Time to go home!

[dc-zoo]

Do it for Paul! Do it for Paul! Do it for Paul! Will will win! ...Distant memories.

[x]

It depends on what you mean by "Democrats." You'd better believe those who are passionately behind the party will come out and vote. People who are only passively Democrats, people who register Democrat because of FDR or JFK but don't have much love for the party's current leadership, won't.

But in the Blue States, there will be people who've never strongly identified with the party who will be pulling the Democrat lever, so what the Democrats lose in some states will be made up for in others. In some states, people who lost interest a long time ago in what the Democrats had to offer will be voting against Bush and the Republican Congressional leadership.

[colorado tanker]

The Dems big problem is Bush isn't on the ballot, so Bush Derangement Syndrome won't be as big a motivator as they think.

The 64,000 question is will the pubbie base turn out after 18 months of bashing Bush or will they sit home to "teach 'em a lesson." If it's the latter, we lose.