[DredTennis]

something besides polls to think about

[p[adre29]

Can anyone else see the fact they aren't considering that the Dims may lose seats in Georgia and Indiana?

[digger48]

It's probably hard to handicap, since never before has 90% of the media been so entrenched with one political party.

ABCNBCCBS

77% positive stories for Democrats

12% positive stories for Republicans

[Popocatapetl]

What matters far more than concrete issues are basic party resources and skills. The republicans are way ahead of the democrats in many ways in this indicator.

1) Howard Dean had to spend money rebuilding moribund State party organizations. These were critical millions needed by candidates, who then owe the party no loyalty.

2) Hillary openly snubbed the party, telling contributors to give her the money instead; that she could then dole out to buy loyalty.

3) Democrat presidential hopefuls will have to begin campaigning almost immediately after the elections. This means that the party has already split into hateful camps set on undermining each other.

4) Overall, the democrats spent up all their money at the start, trying to build momentum; in the final two weeks, however, it has been all republican. Dean has taken the party into debt for money to fight close-call senate races.

5) On election day, the well-oiled and practiced republican get out the vote machine will operate far more effectively than will the democrats underfunded and green organizations.

6) Republicans have also learned the great secret of absentee ballots on a huge scale. This avoids all sorts of problems like inclement weather and other distractors. They are also making an extra effort to get military personnel to vote.

[YdontUleaveLibs]

Thanks for posting this. If MSM or our PCP (politically correct press) were at all fair. This election cycle would not even be close. Republicans wouldn't have to worry about any kind of a net loss, maybe they would lose a seat or two, but that would be more than made up by seats won. As it is though most races are too close to call and I believe many close races will go GOP so many the Demonrats will say it is a national conspiracy. Fine by me I have been listening to this crap since Novemeber 2002 and it was enough to turn me off my former party.