With 24 days left ........

[Stinky The Clown]

What are you feeling?

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. we get both, but before they are sworn in, martial law is declared

because of an unstated terra-ist threat

[ck4829]

2. My prediction - 225 in House, 49 Dems + 2 D allied Independents in Senate

[Stinky The Clown]

3. So you're bettin' the self selected 3rd party guy in CT will ......

.... stay true to his 'promise' and caucus with the Dems?

[ck4829]

4. Call it a feeling, but I don't think Lieberman will caucus with the GOP

[Stinky The Clown]

5. That's fair ........

....... I fear he might ....... but my gut is very unsettled about him doing either. I just don't know.

[janx]

9. I don't think he will either--

and that'll be hilarious since so many of them support him!

[Demeter]

6. Sick to My Stomach With Worry

We have to push BushCo harder than BushCo pushes us, just to keep some stability.

[Totally Committed]

7. I can't make myself say anything out loud....

I know I want us to win both Houses, but I can't allow myself to believe it until I see it. I can't stand that kind of disappointment again. I let myself believe we might win the WH last time, and I still haven't recovered from that loss.

If we win, no one will be happier than I. If we lose, it won't be because we got less votes... THAT I'll always believe.

"Democrats win polls. Republicans win elections." -- Rick Santorum

TC

[AspenRose]

14. What TC said.

And Rick Santorum can go play in traffic.

"Republicans win elections, but can't govern for sh*t once elected." --DesertedRose

[janx]

8. Unless things change VERY radically in the next few weeks,

we'll definitely get the House, and we might get the Senate. Poll after poll now shows incredible leads for Dems re the House, and the Senate is close.

[BootinUp]

10. DU is always so optimistic in these polls.

The most likely scenario is that we win the house (pickup 15-20) and improve our standing in the Senate by 4. Just sayin.

[Divine Discontent]

16. for good reason

the scandal level is approching neck high for them... this is worse than 04 for em, the war was the primary argument, now it's backlash over katrina, war still going on for God knows why, abramoff scandals effecting races and resignations, foley and all that encompasses (more than 1 issue)

we win both, but the senate is a tie as of right now... the people close - MO, OH, & TN have to remain very hard hitting to keep those leads, things will tighten but I think we pull out 2 of the 3 at least.


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[ClintonTyree]

11. All politics are local.

I can't remember who said that but they were correct. Excluding those races where Republicans have been convicted, resigned in disgrace or are retiring for "other reasons", a majority of races are still competitive. People are usually enamored with their own Reps. and Sens. It's always those OTHER Reps. or Sens. from OTHER States that are the REAL problem. Case in point: Dennis Hastert's home town, Batavia, Illinois. People there absolutely LOVE the man and he couldn't POSSIBLY have done anything wrong concerning the Foley scandal. He's THEIR man and has ALWAYS done right by them. This holds true in just about every race out there. It's always those OTHER politicians that are to blame, not THEIRS.
I'm not as confident as most at DU about the coming "Democratic Revolution". I'd LOVE to believe that the Democrats are going to sweep into power and finally start investigating the myriad offenses of the Bush Administration and point our nation in a different, sane direction. However, after setting myself up for disappointment in 2000 and 2004 I can't allow myself to do that again. When I see it, I'll believe it Not until.
Allowing that all politics are local, I can't believe a majority of people in this country have finally awoken to the fact that there is something extremely wrong with our present political situation and that THEIR local politician is part of the CAUSE.
When I wake on November 8 and IF the people of this country have finally decided to change our situation THEN I'll believe it. Sorry, I just can't set myself up for that crushing feeling of defeat once more: that feeling that the rug has been pulled out from underneath me once again. I'm getting too old for that shit.

[CTyankee]

12. With hope in my heart, I voted "we get both"

I just gotta have hope.

[Stinky The Clown]

13. Awright ..... 'fess up ..... who are the 3 who voted 'other' in a poll ...

.... that really didn't even **deserve** an 'other' category?

[Hawkeye-X]

15. Prediction = vetoproof House and a better-than-expected Senate majority

of 54 Dems and 1 independent. A big turnaround which blows the polls out to pasture.

*after hacking Diebold to vote Dems' way this November*

In 2008, we provide the bigger majority of Dems in House in recent memory and Rethugs are suddenly deciding to 'spend time with the family' and retire at the *LAST* possible moment giving both the newly installed Dem President (of choice) and a filibuster-proof Dem Senate majority, making Republicans look like an idiots for giving them short-term fuckups which wrecks their long-time prospectivity.

Hawkeye-X