Are they still letting him write?

I do think the dems will pick up some seats, but they need to pick up a lot of seats in order to take control, and there aren't enough competitive seats hanging out there, and a take over would require that they pretty much run the table and take all of them. I just don't see it as plausible at this point in time.

Also, I think the dems still have the problem that they are still running against republicans, rather than running with a real message-I think they need to give the voters a reason to vote for them, rather than encouraging protest votes-most voters right now seem apathetic-they want a reason to vote.

We knew that bin Laden wanted to attack us before Bush was President so any briefing saying so is no great revelation. This has always been one of the dumbest Leftie talkng points.

Given the recent death of the “Bush Lied” meme, seems to me a matter of timing, now. The lies of the Democrats on that matter, serve as a pattern for any claims they might lay now… and the general electorate…. the undecideds… simply will not trust them.

The general electorate doesn't trust any politician (except maybe their own). That's about the only constant. The reason the Dems dropped the "Bush Lied" meme, and why Republicans would be wise not to pick up a "Dems lie" meme, is because whining is a powerful subconscious sign of weakness, and nobody will vote for a weak candidate.

The GOP has always been more successful vilifying the left than complaining about them. The left on the other hand, is just now starting to understand why that worked so well and are adjusting their tactics. See Lieberman Vs. Lamont, Lieberman complained about Lamont while Lamont vilified Lieberman. Now Lieberman finally gets it and, with help from the right, is vilifying Lamont with the "Al Qaeda candidate" meme. I'm not sure if it's too late in the game for Lieberman to make any gains off that or not, we'll have to see, but it's definitely what is keeping him above water in the polls at this point.

– The percentage of people without health insurance coverage increased from 15.6 percent in 2004 to 15.9 percent in 2005.

– The median earnings of men declined 1.8 percent to $41,386. The median earnings of women declined 1.3 percent to $31,858.

– In 2005, 37.0 million people were in poverty, not statistically different from 2004.

And don't forget that the airline attacks the UK police foiled just recently were on aircraft bound for the US.

That 'fighting them over there' concept? Not working out so much. Just like every other PR-based policy Bush has used on terrorism.

Of course, the more Republicans we can get saying this in public, the better the Dems' odds are.

In fact, I suspect there are Republican memos out there URGING their pundits to say "we're gonna lose the House and Senate." Besides the above-mentioned effect, it also motivates the base and the swing voters who lean Republican.

What would you expect the Repubs to say? "Not to worry, all fine here, no need to vote"???

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And gosh isn't it handy that bush's biggest contributors control gas prices and how according to your chart, prices drop before elections!

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