Hang Right Politics

Posted by Kathy on November 5th, 2006 in Democrats, Dirty Politics, Dirty Tricks, Election, Friends Don't Let Friends Vote Democrat, Get Out The Vote, The Pinocchio Press

Yesterday Big Mo and I both wrote prescient posts about the shift to the GOP. The latest numbers support our optimism. From Don Surber:

The issue is Iraq. Only 31% of the people said Iraq is the No. 1 issue, but it is.

A month ago, 51% said Dems could do a better job, 38% said Reps.

The final poll splits it at 42% each.

Bush made it the issue. We seem to be losing in Iraq. But under Democrats we would lose for sure.

John Kerry made that clear this week when he poked fun of a war he approved, and of the soldiers he sent into harm’s way. His “botched joke” apology was a reminder to people that Democrats are too clever by a half. Their choice for commander-in-chief thinks the troops are uneducated. That ain’t spin. That is his word.

Iraq is the issue.

And forget that pollster jazz about being headed in the right direction. 39% say the nation is headed in the right direction, 59% say wrong direction.

So what? In August 1996, 38% said right direction, 67% said wrong. Clinton still got 49% of the vote and was re-elected.

Also, forget the 36% approval for Congress. The cliche is everyone hates Congress but loves their congressman.

WaPo-ABC asked if people approved of how their congressman was doing. 56% said yes.

All that mumbo-jumbo about feelings is fine, but the cold facts from the poll gave an inkling that the Republican Get Out The Vote Effort is working. 29% said they were contacted by a Republican candidate; 20% said by a Democrat.

This also showed in party affiliation. Overall, 33% were Dems, 30% Reps, but of the likely voters, 33% are Dems, 34% are Republicans. It is called motivation.

So vote. Don’t like Bill Frist? He’s gone. Mitch McConnell should succeed him. McConnell opposed McCain-Feingold and sued. But I am getting ahead of myself.

Don’t like Dennis Hastert? Four words: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Worst that I see happening is Republicans need the veep to keep power in a 50/50 Senate (technically 50-48 as Saunders and Lieberman will be independents) and a 10-seat loss in the House.

For more numbers, see others blogging:

AJ Strata
Stop the ACLU
Polipundit
TKS
Don Surber

Rumors of a democrat tsunami are greatly exaggerated… On Wednesday there will be a new genre of writing – it’ll be called political fiction, poli-fiâ„¢, and for examples you’ll be able to look at almost every political article in the mainstream media throughout the last few months. The great tsunami of lies.