LA Times was quoting Gray Davis campaign insiders as increasingly optimistic all the way until the day of the recall election. We now have Arnold as governor.

Actually, they were only just this morning crowing how (paraphrased) 'the race has tightened again and Bush's lead has evaporated.'

Memo to pollsters: you can't poll in the midst of a major political realignment, because all your basic assumptions about sampling are toast.

This is what happens when you are as insular, incurious, and sheltered as Democrats. When you replace ideas and debate with shibboleths and platitudes, you have nowhere to go but down.

They are never exposed to those who do not think the way they do; they always give the worst motives to those who disagree with them (thus obviating their need to take the alternative argument seriously); and they seem incapable of believing or comprehending that the majority of people could not like what they posit.

One would think that the election debacle of the last three openly liberal presidential candidates (McGovern (61% Nixon), Mondale (59% Reagan), Dukakis (53% Bush)) would at least plant the seeds of introspection...but no, they learned nothing.

It's the fault of the people; they're too stupid to comprehend your greatness. It is always they, not you, who are the problem.

The scary thing is that a lot of these people TEACH

Won't anyone think of the children?!

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MONTREAL EXPOS FEVER -- CATCH IT!

CENTRAL COMMITTEE HAILS RECORD UKRAINE WHEAT HARVEST

13 points! Needs some cowbell, or cowbell equivalent!

Maybe something like this:

http://www.websiteconcepts.com.au/manfromsnowyriver/images/Photos/whip_crack.jpg

I was searching for a photo or animated gif of Sonny Corleone beating the shit out of Connie's husband.

I thought that would be good.

Or the money shot from some cheap porn movie played over and over to underscore that Kerry is screwed. Now THAT'S nuanced.

Back on message? There is a message (besides "I was in Viet Nam, Bush wasn't, so there!"? Have I missed something?

I've read a lot of "messages", mostly contradicting each other (I agree we should take don Saddam, I just don't want to send more than twenty cents for it), but no single one stands out except the above.

I'm a life-long Republican, but I deplore the loss of the "opposition" party. How did it go from "Give 'em Hell Harry" to "Give 'em everything and apologize Kerry"???

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