Reply #7: Look, I'm not one to become a downer... [View All]

[Drunken Irishman]

But sometimes large crowds don't always tell the story.

Pres. Obama is drawing large crowds in cities/states where Democrats have traditionally done well.

Don't forget that in 1984, Walter Mondale had huge crowds and it amounted to one of the largest landslides in American presidential history.



When they say location, location, location - they're right.

Obama is going to draw huge crowds in traditional Democratic states like Massachusetts, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Washington, Oregon and California.

That's not to put a damper on these things, though. Democrats will keep the House & Senate by energizing the voters in those states. The seats we lose are going to be conservative seats that were Republican prior to 2006. We just need to make sure the Democratic seats, like the one Harry Reid is fighting for his life to keep, remain Democratic.

That's where these polls look good.

Doesn't mean we're going to surge and keep all the seats won in 2006 and expand on both majorities, though.