DO NOT dismiss Republican claims that they're way ahead
Remember this interview with Karl Rove from Nov 2006?
SIEGEL: We’re in the home stretch, though, and many would consider you on the optimistic end of realism about -
ROVE: Not that you would be exhibiting a bias …
SIEGEL: I’m looking at all the same polls that you’re looking at every day.
ROVE: No, you’re not. No, you’re not.
SIEGEL: No, I’m not.
ROVE: No, you’re not. You’re not. I’m looking at 68 polls a week. You may be looking at four or five public polls a week that talk about attitudes nationally but that do not impact the outcome of -
SIEGEL: I’m looking at main races between – certainly Senate races.
ROVE: Well, like the poll today showing that Corker’s ahead in Tennessee, or the poll showing that Allen is pulling away in the Virginia Senate race.
SIEGEL: Leading Webb in Virginia, yeah.
Mr. ROVE: Exactly.
SIEGEL: But you’ve seen the DeWine race and the Santorum race – I don’t want to have you call races.
ROVE: Yeah, I’m looking at all these, Robert, and adding them up, and I add up to a Republican Senate and Republican House. You may end up with a different math, but you’re entitled to your math, I’m entitled to THE math.
SIEGEL: Well, I don’t know if we’re entitled to our different math, but you’re certainly -
ROVE: I said THE math. I said you’re entitled to yours.
Just like Rove predicted, Republicans went on to
win both houses of Congress in that election,
if by "win" you mean what the dictionary defines as "lose".
Damned Liberals and their so-called "word definitions".
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