Before the last two elections I read EXACTLY the same kind of apocalyptic Bush is going down tripe I'm reading now. Since President Bush was "selected not elected" in 2000 EVERY SINGLE ELECTION was going to be punishment for that.
On election day 2004 itself we heard that he was going down in a landslide for crying out loud.
It's never happened. It might this time, but pardon me if I just don't get all panicky because frankly most of these prognosticators are full of it.
Including Election Day of '04. Kerry was absolutely crushing Dubya in the exit polls. The moving vans were already moving up 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue!!! :-)
Consider the source. That's all I can say. Not all voices are equal, and I'd hope that you'd discount the pollyannaish rantings of Paul Begala, James Carville, and Dick Gephardt as a matter of course.