beating a dead horse. or elephant, as the case may be.

[greeneyedboy]

so generic ballots have us 11-26 points ahead. excellent!

but how do you sell a newspaper with stories on the inexorable march toward a predictable result? BORING! what's a publisher or network to do?

what we're going to see is 6 days of ever-more-desperate attempts to paint these elections as exciting, and the GOP candidates as comeback kids.

get ready for it, and be ready for the arrogance trap, too--Bush is already accusing Democratic challengers of "measuring the drapes". the only way to respond is to smile, confidently but not smugly, and say we feel great about the support we're getting in the polls and in the streets, and we are ready for a great race. let them try to throw mud and distract people, and it will be clear who's telling the truth and who's blowing smoke.

in the meantime, we just have to grin and bear all the nonsense, and look forward to the victory stories on November 8th and beyond.