Frist admits defeat

This just in across the wires:

NEWS ALERT
from The Wall Street Journal

Nov. 29, 2006
Leaving behind a Republican void in the South, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said he has put aside plans to run for the White House in 2008. In an interview, the Tennessee Republican said he wanted a "sabbatical from public life," suggesting the 54-year-old heart surgeon-turned-politician could very well return to politics in the future.

For more information, see:
http://wsj.com/article/SB116481520747135782.html?mod=djemalert

Is John McCain next?

Don't hold your breath.

Anyway, thanks for your service Senator. Regardless of your mediocre surgeon skills to cut out liberal bleeding hearts.

As a tribute... I offer this video clip from a quick Q&A I had with Frist last year:

Live blogging from Capitol Advantage Customer Day

Many of you know that I work on the side with the Legacy Law Foundation, a non-profit organization advocating family issues and fighting against pornography.

We use a software platform called CapWiz to handle a good deal of our advocacy issues to Capitol Hill.

Today's conference is an exciting forum to discuss how to be most effective in advocating issues and influencing congress.

I'll have more on this coming up.

Click on the graphic below for more information:

Stale and Stinky

Right now I'm not in the mood to be constructive or fair so forgive my rambling.

The race for minority leader is not the biggest decision in the world. If Boehner wins I won't be shattered...

But then again, I won't be that excited about it either. And frankly, conservatives need (nay - deserve!) some excitement!

Tonight I joined several bloggers for an interview with Congressman Boehner running for the leadership position in the GOP (essentially he's hoping for a re-election).

The biggest disappointment is that these congressional leaders are just not compelling. I won't say that paint dries quicker... but I haven't scientifically tested that theory yet either.

Do you want some juicy tidbits from the call? OK, get out your Mad Lib on "political platitudes". Fill out the first three pages.

Done yet? There! Now you were on the call too!

Does that sound depressing? (Maybe this selection process is more important than I first led you to believe).

There are just no original ideas in the current leadership. Actually, there's nothing original about then at all.

They don't talk about anything new. They don't read anything new. Frankly, some of them don't read at all!

It's as if the dead body-politic were lying on the sidewalk and the old GOP guard is standing there waving people by and shouting out: "Nothing to see here folks... Move along. Back to your lives conservatives. Just assume your regular positions... Nothing to worry about, we have this all under control."

Can we dispense with all the stale and smelly folk around here please!

(I'll try to put something together more positive and value-add tomorrow)

Justin is audioblogging somewhere in the D.C. area


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George Allen Lost Virginia

If you needed further evidence that George Allen ran a terrible campaign just note this: With the exception of Thelma Drake (R - VA02) who eked out a win every single Republican incumbent in Virginia won handily.

The chart below says it all:

Republican incumbant - District	2004 %	2006 %	Allen 2006 %
Davis - VA01	78%	63%	54%
Drake - VA02	55%	51%	51%
Forbes - VA04	64%	76% (no dem)	54%
Good - VA05	63%	59%	53%
Goodlatte - VA06	96% (uo)	75% (no dem)	58%
Cantor - VA07	75%	63%	56%
Wolf - VA10	63%	57%	48%

There are 2 decently heavy Democratic districts (VA03 and VA08). 03 and 08 gave Webb 69% of their vote.

My county (VA10) is in an interesting flux right now. Comprised mostly of Loudoun County, the fastest growing county in the country (an apparently the richest per capita) we gained 50,000 voters since 2004 and a good number of them came from the bluer suburbs of DC/VA/MD.

More on that later.

Final word on VA

It's over.

I spent some time pouring over the absentee ballots that are coming in from my local county and other surrounding counties. We had thought that absentees might fall our way. In fact -- they look worse. Talking to some officials with the campaign... they don't hold out much hope.

Goodbye George Allen, we hardly knew you. Or -- we knew you all too well.

But it's ok...

3 things I need today

I think somebody already handed me this one:

I need a good helping of this:


And an extra big helping of this:

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Blogging at Legacy Tonight

Justin will be blogging at the Legacy Law Foundation tonight:

CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS

Will the real Tim Daly please stand up?

Who is this Tim Daly with the audio file of someone leaving them a message telling them not to vote?

Are they the same Tim Daly who was President of the student body at UMD?

The same Tim Daly who hounded Erhlich with video cameras?

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Poll: What can will I have to open on Wednesday?

You see I predict that the Republicans will WIN! Which is insane (considering some of the crazy polls out there) Sooo... What do you think?



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Democratic Underground Reveals Their Religion (or lack therof)

This should come as no surprise. Here are the religious practices self-identified at the Democratic Underground polls:


source

Yesterday I also posted these gems:

2008 Candidate of Choice for the Dems



Where will you get your news on election night?

What the Lefties are saying...

OK.  Here's my last roundup for the day.  I gotta get back to Sabbath-ing.  (Lying here sick in bed it's just too easy to start blogging).

So I've been digging around the Left blogs all day looking for their ear to the ground and comparing it to mine.

Here's the buzz:

There are few reasoned arguments on the Lefty boards, but most of the posts are just silly.  From the Lefty version of the "Slippery Slope" to projections for the Dem candidates in '08

But here is what they are saying about the election:

• On the ground info about what they are seeing
• Rove blew the 72-hour strategy by ignoring independent voters
• McCaskill will win them the Senate
• Internet tactics to bask Rummy on the day of Saddam's verdict
• Jumping on the NY Times Bandwagon about the "nuclear website" gaffe
• Conducting vigils at voting places on election night

That's just a sample... but it's where there head is now.  They are feeling cocky and this is what they have to say to us "neo-cons":

"The last lifeboat has already been launched. It is too late to distance yourselves from the iceberg you yourselves created.

Would anyone like to join in a rousing rendition of "Nearer My God to Thee" before the waters overtake you?"

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The Left's "Slippery Slope" Theory

You know, looking over the DU boards, there are some reasonable arguments being made.
But for the most part... it's a buch of crazy, fever swap rhetoric with no basis in fact.

I suppose this is the left's version of "Slipper Slope" ... but there is little basis in concrete facts to back them up. 





Moving Towards Martial Law: Greater Oppression & Less Liberty in a Militarized, Hierarchical Society

This image is based on a World War I recruiting poster, asking men to join the ranks of troops marching off to war in Europe.
Image © Austin Cline



The imposition of martial law on a free society is one of the ultimate expressions of violent, authoritarian dominance of a few elites over the masses. Rarely does it appear out of the blue, however. It is instead the conclusion of a long list of abuses of liberty in which the people are cowed, dissent is suppressed, and the heavy hand of the law is abused to intimidate anyone who challenges or threatens the authority of those in charge.



Martial law is thus a culmination of many smaller steps taken by a government. Had people sufficiently opposed those smaller steps, they might have staved off the imposition of martial law. Because the government makes those smaller steps seem like reasonable responses to various crises, though, people tend to accept them; when martial law finally comes, they often accept that as the logical conclusion of all that came before.



Too few recognize the dangers early on; even fewer are willing to take a step back and consider that all their previous decisions to accept restrictions on their liberty may have been in error. Once people integrate an increasingly authoritarian system into their lives and outlook, it can be difficult to separate from it. This makes it all the more imperative to prevent matters from reaching this ultimate conclusion.

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Lefties: Election Night Vigils across the Country

So the plan is... if we don't win we fuss and fuss and cry foul.

Blue Revolution planned for these States @ county election offices:

Last week we asked our supporters to organize "Blue Revolution" vigils at County Election Offices right after the polls close on Election Night to demand they Count Every Vote:

http://bluerevolution.us



Your response was tremendous!! Vigils are now planned in 22 counties all across the U.S.:

AZ-Maricopa
AZ-Yavapai
CA-Kern
CA-Orange
CA-Santa Barbara
CA-San Luis Obispo
CO-Adams
DC-District of Columbia
IN-La Porte
IN-Lake
IN-Porter
MD-Baltimore
MD-Howard
MN-Waseca
MO-St. Louis
OR-Washington
PA-Philadelphia
NY-Onondaga
TX-Lamar
WA-Clark
WA-King
WA-Snohomish



The need for these vigils is becoming more urgent with each passing hour, as media reports pour in documenting all kinds of incompetence and fraud (collected by BradBlog.com)

a yellow button on the back of the Sequoia voting machine used in 16 state and Washington, D.C. that lets voters cast as many votes as they want
Venezuelan nationals at polling places "fixing" Sequoia machines (Chicago)
vote-flipping on touch screens (Florida, South Carolina, Texas)
voting machines not adjusted for daylight savings time that will shut down an hour before voting ends (Cleveland)
candidates' names chopped short (Virginia, Texas)
electronic voting cards disappearing (Memphis)
Republicans paying lawyers to harass voters without photo ID's (Pennsylvania)
If your county is listed above, please join the vigil!


Login to Democrats.com and click the "local" link:
http://democrats.com/local
Then click the Forum Topic announcing your county's "Blue Revolution" vigil and post a reply saying you'll be there with a candle and a sign.

If your county is not listed above, please start a vigil!
Login to Democrats.com and click the "local" link:
http://democrats.com/local
Then create a New Forum Topic coded "Blue Revolution," select "County," post the location of your County Election Office, and spread the word to your friends.

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The Left's Plan of Attack

More power to you I say.  Please go out there are tell people how we have evidence that Saddam was trying to get nuclear weapons.

Democratic Underground

The Bush Administration has just give us what could be our best chance to actually convince
our Republican (or Democratic) friends to vote their conscience and take action on Nov 7th
to protect America from harm. Can I somehow please persuade you to send an email to everyone
you know, Democrat and Republican alike, including those who might be sitting out this election,
and especially any active groups you know interested in protecting our country... and ask them
for their support.

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Encyclopedia of the Fever Swamp

This is great! This almost reads as the table of contents for the Encyclopedia of the Fever Swamp

GOTV - Reasons for change

Iraq--Iraq--Iraq--Abu Ghraib--Guantanamo--Evil Doers--Evil Do Gooders--Terrormercials--Outsourcing Jobs--OutsourcingTorture--Quitting International Criminal Court--The Kyoto Protocol--The Geneva Conventions--Leaving Habeas Corpus for Dead--Civil War Abroad--Uncivil War at Home--Sound Bites--Unsound Policies--Unremorseful--Unregretful--Unrepentant--The Middle East Mess--The Middle Class Collapse--Predictably Unprepared--Perpetually Unequipped--Unmatched Ignorance--Unbridled Arrogance--Unwarranted Phone Taps--Unprecedented Powers--Compassionate Imperialism--Faith-Based Fascism--Total Dicktatorship--700 Club--700 Mile Border Fence--Over 700 Presidential Signing Statements--Unmatched Incompetence--Unparalleled Corruption--Ethic Cleansing--Governor Bob Taft--Governor John Rowland--Governor Bill Janklow--Oversight--Overlook--Stuff Happens--Stuffed Shirts--Tailored Suits--Tailored Stories--24/7 Spin Cycle--Executive Privilege--Privileged Executives--Wordsmiths--Warsmiths--Surrogate Samurais--Draft Dodging Doges--Potomac Pattons--A Coven of the Craven--Representative Tom Delay--Representative Roy Blunt--Representative Ken Calvert--Representative John Doolittle--Representative Jean Schmidt--Representative Jim Gibbons--Representative Tom Feeney--Representative Patrick McHenry--Representative Christopher Shays--Representative Katherine Harris--Representative Barbara Cubin--Representative Joe Barton--Representative Jerry Lewis--Representative Gary Miller--Representative Marilyn Musgrave--Representative Richard Pombo--Representative Rick Renzi--Representative John Sweeney--Representative Charles Taylor--Representative Curt Weldon--Representative J.D. Hayworth--Representative Don Sherwood--Representative John Patterson--Representative Rodney Alexander--Representative Roy LaHood--Representative Bob Beauprez--Representative Bob Ney--Representative Randy Cunningham--Representative Chris Cannon--Jeff Gannon--Representative Mark Foley--Representative Dennis Hastert--Representative Jim Kolbe--Representative John Shimkus--Representative Tom Reynolds--Over Paid--Over Reaching--Over Logging--Under Armored--Under Suspicion--Beneath Contempt--Senator Bill Frist--Senator George Allen--Senator Conrad Burns--Senator Joe Lieberman--Senator Rick Santorum--Senator Trent Lott--Senator James Inhofe--Senator Pat Roberts--Senator Sam Brownback--Rubber Stamps--Robber Barons--Senator Larry Craig--Craig Schelske--Ken Blackwell--Lester Crawford--Crawford, Texas--Brian Bilbray--Margaret Spellings--Media Consolidation--Homophobia on the Range--Fearmongering--Smearslinging--The RNC--The DNC (Do Nothing Congress)--DC (Dutifully Corporate)--Family Valuables--The Far Wrong--The Far Righteous--Reverend Jerry Falwell--Reverend Pat Robertson--Reverend James Dobson--Reverend Lou Sheldon--Ralph Reed--Gary Bauer--David Safavian--Vice Presidential Energy Task Force--Seventy Dollars a Barrel--Three Bucks a Gallon--Record Oil Company Profits--Anwar Pipeline--Anbar Province--Arthur Anderson--ABB--Adelphia Communications--Merck--Eli Lilly--Mirant--AOL Time Warner--Kmart--Bristol-Myers Squibb--CMS Energy--Duke Energy--Nicor Energy--Reliant Energy--Dynegy--Peregrine Systems--Homestore.com--Xerox--Qwest--Tyco--WorldCom--Global Crossing--Global Warming--Global Boiling--Lee Raymond--Exxon--Enron--Abramoff--Tribe Bribes--Mike Scanlon--Grover Norquist--War Profiteers--War Privateers--Halliburton--Bechtel--Blackwater--CACI--Titan--Carlyle Group--Custer Battles--Kellogg, Brown & Root--George Tenet--Unanswered Questions--Questionable Answers--Adam Kidan--Timothy Flanigan--Lawrence Lindsay--Jessica Lynch--Jim Ellis--John Colyandro--Donald Keyser--Peter Roskam--Katherine Gun--Garrett Lott--Armstrong Williams--Talking Points--Pointless Talking--Chuck McGee--James Tobin--Thomas Scully--Kenneth Tomlinson--Allen Raymond--Claude Allen--Katrina--Rita--Harriet (Miers)--FEMA--FISA--NSA--Cut and Run--Run on Cuts--Bring It On--Dead Or Alive--Terri Schiavo--Bill Frist, MD--John Bolton--Diebold--Florida, 2000--Ohio, 2004--North Korea 2006--Selective Diplomacy--Preemptive War--Iraq.--Iran?--Sleeper Cells--Stem Cell Research--Darfur--Dubai Ports World--Swift Boat Hit Men--Max Cleland--Douglas Feith--Mumming the Press--Dumbing the Proles--Roger Ailes--Sean Hannity--Bill O'Reilly--Fred Barnes--Morton Kondracke--Brit Hume--John Gibson--Ann Coulter--Laura Ingraham--Michelle Malkin--Glenn Beck--Neil Cavuto--Neal Boortz--Neil Bush (No Brother Left Behind)--Rush Limbaugh--David Frum--David Horowitz--Golden Parachutes--Shrunken Pensions--Sunken Bipartisanship--Bernie Kerik--Eminent Domain--J. Steven Griles--Numerous Convictions--Occasional Confessions--Social Security Privatization--Abrupt Resignations--Porter Goss--Dusty Foggo--Zero Accountability--Even Less Credibility--Michael Chertoff--Homeland Insecurity--Ahmad Chalabi--Baghdad Museum--Tora Bora--Taliban Resurgence--Iraqi Insurgents--General William Boykin--General Eric Shinseki--General Janet Karpinski--General Ricardo Sanchez--General Anthony Zinni--Mission Accomplished--Lawbreaking Lawmakers--Impeachable Sources--Suppressed Medicare Costs--The Donut Hole--Intelligent Design--Intelligence Failures--Ari Fleischer--Scott McClellan--Tony Snow--Tony Perkins--Tony Rudy--Tony Blankley--Tony Blair--Downing Street Memo--The Late Great Britain--Ken Mehlman--Dennis Prager--Wayne Simmons--Frank Gaffney--Expiration of Assault Weapons Ban--John Ashcroft--Alberto Gonzales--Alberto Fernandez--Danny Diaz--William Bennett--Stephen Hadley--Karen Hughes--Bunnatine Greenhouse--Richard Grasso--Brian Doyle--Thomas Noe--Ted Van Der Meid--Tan Nguyen--Michael Gerson--Michael Medved--Michael Reagan--Michael Maloof--Michael Savage--Aluminum Tubes--Rice--Yellowcake--Niger--Valerie Plame--Joseph Wilson--Scooter Libby--Robert Novak--Richard Armitage--Brent Bozell III--Paul Bremer III--Gulf II--Non-Regime-Changing Regime Changers--Neoconmen--Ex-Non-Vet Vulcans--Playing to an Enraptured Audience--Armageddon Uber Alles--Paul Wolfowitz--Richard Perle--David Wormser--Elliott Abrams--James Woolsey--Zalmay Khalizad--William Kristol--The Coalition of the Dwindling--Staining the Course--WMD (W's Mass Denials)--Mad Cowboy Disease--Mad Cowhands Disease--Kissinger Redux--Duck Cheney--Rumbo--Blossom (the Turd)--George (the Fourth):Son of a Higher Father; Uniter, Decider, --Flatulater; --Reader of at least three Shakespeares, Camus' "The Stranger" and "The --Pet --Goat;"--Prematurely discharged National Air Guardsman, missing in inaction, who --describes members of the political party that successfully prosecuted --two --world wars as quitters.--Billions Missing in Iraq--Trillions Missing in D.C.--Missing Limbs--Missed Lives--Iraq--Iraq--Iraq.

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Guerilla Internet Tactics on the Left

Here's an example how the left tries drives their propoganda.  The timing is immaculate

Important internet mission for today!!!!

We need to make sure that every web surfer sees the picture of Rumsfeld shaking hands with a murder. We need to make sure every message board and forum is talking about how the Reagan administration was playing all nice nice with Saddam AFTER he had murdered 148 people. Get that picture all over the net. We can frame the Saddam verdict so it HURTS the GOP!!! Go to it people!! Here is the orginal link with the picture and the dates. Remember Rumsfeld is shaking hands AFTER he had murdered all those people.

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Lefties: McCaskill will put us over the top

Here's what the Lefties are thinking... Senate is a win because of Claire.

Democratic Underground - Missouri will put us over the top in the Senate

I've been doing some canvassing for Claire McCaskill, and the news media doesn't know the state well enough to tell you this - but she has a secret weapon. One so powerful, so wonderful, I believe she'll win this race by a couple of points or more.

Her secret weapon is named Matt Blunt, wonder boy governor of Missouri.

Yes, Bush has a very low approval rating in Missouri - 38%, according to SurveyUSA. Believe it or not, there's an even more unpopular character here, one who threw thousands of low-income people off of Medicaid...the kind of low-income people in Southern Missouri who Talent needs to carry the state.

Baby Blunt is currently polling at 36% in his home state - lower than Bush. During my travels I've heard far more venom directed at Blunt than I have at Bush - and therein lies the genius of the McCaskill campaign. She's run ads tying Blunt to Talent's neck like a millstone contrasting Baby Blunts Medicaid cuts with Talents votes in Washington to cut Medicaid funding. This is a big issue in Missouri - one that is disgusting even middle-class families, because of the gruesome stories that the media has run outlining the suffering of the people who've been thrown out of the Medicaid system thanks to Talent/Blunt.

Our governor is hurting Talent in Missouri much more than Bush is - yet not one analyst has cited Talents Blunt problem in this election. Oh - and guess who Blunt won against in 2004? Claire McCaskill. People in Missouri are ready to make this right. Mark my words - she'll win by a comfortable margin IF we keep working and IF we get people to the polls.

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This is what the left is thinking right now

How Rove Blew It On the 72-Hour GOTV - He Only Focused on The Base, NOT the Indies

Let me repeat that: Rove Blew It On the 72-Hour GOTV - He Only Focused on The Base, NOT the Indies

That's really what happened, said Rothenberg and Chuck Todd last night on Russert. Meanwhile Dr. Dean's strategy got to Independents in all 50 states especially the targeted CDs.

Rove never went politicked or tried to turn out the middle. Their whole database is on the Base! That's why they could be so rightwingnutjob in their policy. As long as the Indie vote was split 50-50, Rove just ignore the middle!

This will be key on Tuesday and actually puts the GOP behind the eightball for the '08 race.

Their reknowned 72 hour Database and GOTV will not win it for them this year and will win even less in 2 years.

WE now have the electoral GOTV advantage and machinery, not the GOP.

And when you look at the Millennial Generation (born between 1982 and 2002) coming in at a clip of 15 million more every 4 years and they are 2-to-1 Democrat right now, Mr. Rove has screwed his own party for, oh, about a generation...

Now we need a solid 50-state micro-targeted database on not only our own base but also the Indies and the moderate Repubs and evangelicals.

The '08 election will be won with micro-targeted databases--and ours will beat theirs from Tuesday onwards.

Dr. Dean made an excellent diagnosis and operation. The patient is going to live!

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Sadistic Snails?

OK... I need a 5 minute break from politics.

So I bring you... Sadistic Snail Sex! ht: Snails Eye View

Garden snails (Cantareus aspersus) are sado-masochists. During mating, they whip out darts made of calcium carbonate and stab each other through the nearest bit of flesh. Garden snails (and most other land snails) are hermaphrodite—Arthur and Martha—and indulge in simultaneous reciprocal mating. Both individuals in a pair swap sperm during copulation and use it to fertilise their eggs. Sperm is transferred in packages (spermatophores), which are placed in the partner's bursa copulatrix.

You might think it was safe, all neatly bundled in a spermatophore and tucked away in the right place. But it isn't. The bursa copulatrix is a dead end off the reproductive tract. It releases enzymes that digest the sperm. If the little fellas don't wriggle fast enough, they are recycled into nutrient.

But the dart helps to slow down the enzymes. Before it is stabbed into the partner, it is coated in mucus that retards the digestive process. This means that more sperm escape and make their way along the reproductive tract to fertilise the ova.

Although the garden snail is the most-studied species, it isn't the only one that uses a dart in mating. Among the others are the Bradybaenidae, including the Japanese Euhadra subnimbosa. Copulation in this species has left those studying it almost speechless. Forget the sluggard garden snail, which discards the dart after a single use. Euhadra nubnimbosa stabs its partner 'a staggering 3311 times' on average. That's just over 2.5 times per second. Even Bradybaena similaris, the increasingly accurately named tramp snail, stabs its partner 900 times during copulation.

A snail's pace, indeed.

Authors Joris Koene and Satoshi Chiba suggest that the repeated stabbing and associated transfer of mucus improves the chances of the sperm getting to their intended destination. If the strategy works well in the garden snail, it should be even more effective in Euhadra and relatives.

They have even captured it on video. (Not surprisingly, you need a subscription to the journal to get the flick.)

We now return you to your regular political activities.

No David, That's Not Conservatism

David Kuo has tried to make the case that he is indeed a Conservative and that his book has been taken out of context by liberal journalists.

With this quote from Time magazine, David makes it clear that he is NOT a Conservative. Nor does he understand the Conservative drive to sustain traditional marriage.

TIME.com: Why the Haggard Scandal Could Hurt Evangelical Turnout -- Page 1

"The evangelical obsession with homosexuality makes this especially ironic. For many evangelical leaders, anything related to homosexuality is this special, dark sin. But that's not what the Bible says," says Kuo. "Really it's a sin like gossiping to your neighbor. Jesus doesn't even mention it at all."

Go vote.

Democrats GOTV Efforts

Listen, its always good to keep an eye on the other side of things. Here is what they see (from various discussion boards):

From Illinois:

"This morning, I worked at our Democratic party headquarters. There was a prominent repuke out on the corner handing out literature to everyone passing by. That is all I have seen.

We, on the other hand, are working, walking, calling and poll watching.

Maybe the repukes here are doing more, but I have not seen it. "

and this...

"All Democratic calls. Seems like there are fewer Republican signs up today than there were earlier in the week. A new bombshell about one of family values state reps fell last night - seems he doesn't pay his child support to his first wife... So that might explain some of the missing signs."

"Menendez signs along many roads and highway ramps. The signs weren't there a couple of days ago. When I got home, there was a Menendez "doorknob hanger" on my front door. On edit: Forget to mention ... along with the Menendez signs, I saw LOTS of signs for other NJ Dem candidates. I did see some Kean, Jr. roadside signs, but none for any other state GOP candidates."

From Arizona:
"There were a score or better of good Dems getting ready to knock on doors for the GOTV effort in the Hispanic community around here in our 25K population town"

"Just came in from 5 hours on the streets and i'm about to head back for another couple hours. It's been a fun day. Unlike past elections where you would call someone last week and get their support and call back a week later and they completely forgot, this year I'm hearing a lot more "thank you for reminding me, I'll definitely be there on Tuesday

Meanwhile I saw two lonely Repugnicans walking the neighborhood. All they were doing was hanging little reminders on door knobs...and then promoting the downticket races...State Senate and Representative...the local GOOP Congressional weasel...err candidate, was listed half way down the page. These goons are worried about losing the races they never did. It's the combination of what surely will be a depressed Repugnican turn-out and a lot of moderates and independents who are totally disgusted with the lies and corruption of the entire Repugnican party."

From Illinois:
"Tomorrow I'm headed to the 6th district for the big push there...working for Tammy Duckworth. There are some around here who will be headed to the 10th District to help in GOTV efforts for Dan Seals...who we really, really think will be a surprise victor on Wednesday.

The feelings here are very optimistic...moreso than I saw in '04 and the reception from those we canvass is a lot friendlier, far more supportive and can't wait to vote on Tuesday. Hopefully later we'll get an indication of how the early voting and absentees are doing, but from last report on that front, both were surpassing what we had seen in '04."

"Came upon about 20 cars parked on this one street. At first I thought it was a garage sale but then I noticed all the people walking up to one house where someone was sitting outside at a desk, handing out papers of some sort. Then I noticed a lot of religious type bumper stickers (praying Calvins and "pray for our troops" type of thing) and it dawned on me. On the bright side, only one of them still had a Shrub sticker. =) I guess that's not something they want on their cars anymore. I think my leftover Halloween decorations may have kept them from visiting me but they were out in force. I was hoping they would stop by so I could tell them they were all going to hell for the lies they were telling about Dems but so far none have shown up."

Lastly, this gem entitled: "LISTEN UP ALL YOU NEOCONS!:

"The last lifeboat has already been launched. It is too late to distance yourselves from the iceberg you yourselves created.

Would anyone like to join in a rousing rendition of "Nearer My God to Thee" before the waters overtake you?"

Fever Swamp Polling - You Gotta Love It!

Too funny.

At Democratic Underground there's a fever swamp discussion board. Saturday afternoon someone posted a poll question about 2008 contenders on the Democratic ticket. This was the result:



If that weren't enough to make you laugh and shout with joy... apparently, someone on the boards wasn't satisfied. The fever rises and adds another champion of leftists to the list:



Wait... wait, it gets better! Then, someone : "Where will you get your election night results?". Oh please, stop, really, I'm rolling on the floor. It's too good to be true:

Weekly Standard Predictions

Yikes!Kristol,Barnes,Labash,Continetti,Matus,Last & the rest give their midterm election predictions

Kristol, Barnes, Labash, Continetti, Matus, Last, and the rest give their midterm election predictions.

William Kristol

Senate: 48 (R), 52 (D)

House: 192 (R), 243 (D)

Dark Horse: Anti-immigration stance backfires with Republican meltdown in Arizona and Colorado.

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Fred Barnes

Senate: 51 (R), 49 (D)

House: 210 (R), 225 (D)

Dark Horse: Conrad Burns holds on in Montana.

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Terry Eastland

Senate: 51 (R), 49 (D)

House: 203 (R), 232 (D)

Dark Horse: The Man of Steele helps keep the GOP on top in the Senate while the House does an about-face.

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Matthew Continetti

Senate: 49 (R), 51 (D)

House: 212 (R), 223 (D)

Dark
Horse: Steele wins Maryland, Webb wins Virginia, and when Lieberman
replaces Rumsfeld, popular GOP CT Gov. Jodi Rell appoints a Republican
to the seat, leading to an evenly divided Senate.

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Richard Starr

Senate: 48 (R), 52 (D)

House: 195 (R), 240 (D)

Dark Horse: Arizona wipeout. Kyl loses. Hayworth loses.

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David Tell

Senate: 49 (R), 51 (D)

House: 205 (R), 230 (D)

Dark Horse: Dina Titus (D) beats Jim Gibbons (R) in the Nevada gubernatorial race.

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Duncan Currie

Senate: 50 (R), 50 (D)

House: 206 (R), 229 (D)

Dark
Horse: Thanks in part to voter-instruction signs explaining that a vote
for "Mark Foley" is a vote for Joe Negron, the Republicans will hold
Foley's House district in Florida. And despite trailing in public polls
all year, Bob Ehrlich will win reelection as governor of Maryland.

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Andrew Ferguson

Senate: 50 (R), 50 (D)

House: 218 (R), 217 (D)

Dark Horse: Don Sherwood pulls it off in PA-10.

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Victorino Matus

Senate: 50 (R), 50 (D)

House: 210 (R), 225 (D)

Dark
Horse: Don't be surprised if Republican discontent also impacts the
District of Columbia. After careful consideration and analysis of
previous election cycles, I believe Democrat Adrian Fenty has a
reasonable chance of becoming the city's next mayor. Don't get me
wrong--the District's Republicans will put up a fierce fight. But when
the dust settles, Fenty will squeak by (with roughly 92 percent of the
vote).

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David Skinner

Senate: 52 (R), 48 (D)

House: 212 (R), 223 (D)

Dark Horse: Michael Steele wins, Michael J. Fox loses. No, I mean Ben Cardin loses.

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Matt Labash

Senate: 49 (R), 51 (D)

House: 205 (R), 230 (D)

Dark
Horse: Joseph "Joe" Gochinski will demolish both Isaac Mass and H.
Peter Wood in the white-hot register of deeds race in Franklin County,
Massachusetts. You heard it here first.

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Michael Goldfarb

Senate: 53 (R), 47 (D)

House: 216 (R), 219 (D)

Dark
Horse: In Maryland, look for Michael Steele to eke out a narrow victory
in his senate race against Benjamin Cardin, while Republicans
outperform expectations across the board.

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Dan McKivergan

Senate: 51 (R), 49 (D)

House: 207 (R), 228 (D)

Dark
Horse: Steele pulls it out; Democratic enthusiasm for Ben Cardin
further erodes and he falls short in areas where he should have run up
the vote against his Republican opponent. Chafee almost crawls over the
victory line, but Rhode Island becomes an all Democratic congressional
state.

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Sonny Bunch

Senate: 50 (R), 50 (D)

House: 214 (R), 221 (D)

Dark
Horse: Keep an eye on Kentucky as the night goes along. Three seats are
in play (the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th), and two of them are solid Bush
districts. While it's unlikely there will be a sweep (the only poll
showing the GOP candidate losing in the 2nd district is one
commissioned by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee),
should the GOP lose 2 (or, more unlikely, all 3), Republicans will be
in for a long (25-to-30-seat-loss long) night.

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Jonathan V. Last

Senate: 51 (R), 49 (D)

House: 216 (R), 219 (D)

Dark
Horse: The biggest loss for Republicans isn't the House--which will go
to post-election re-counts and litigation, but Michael Steele, who
should win by every objective measure of character and
intelligence--but probably won't. If Steele does pull out a miracle
win, look for two Marylanders--Steele and Martin O'Malley--on
presidential ballots within the next eight years.

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Whitney Blake

Senate: 52 (R), 48 (D)

House: 212 (R), 223 (D)

Dark Horse: TX-22 and FL-16 will go Republican while the Missouri Senate race ends with a recount.

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Joseph Lindsley

Senate: 52 (R), 48 (D)

House: 214 (R), 221 (D)

Dark
Horse: The GOP Steeles the election in Maryland--unfortunately,
Democrats are not able to claim that African-American voters have been
disfranchised.

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