Per vote fraud: Why have elites allowed a "changed narrative?"

[villager]

What I mean is: All the MSM is now reporting a nearly "runaway" advantage accruing to Democrats in the polling.

It was easy to see the rationale behind the "tossup" narrative in previous elections: you claim it's a tossup (as we've all noted), and that makes stealing easy.

But now, if the GOP steals it, it will be so obvious that... well, what happens when it's that obvious?

in other words, is there some string pulling to make it harder for the old thieves to do their work? I don't think an "amazing comeback/'values'voter" story will fool anyone this time...

So, DUers, what gives with this set-up? Have the elites decided the GOP has to go? That they're bad for business?

[lcordero2]

1. I think that they have decided that

the GOP hinders their way of doing business. Multi-Nationals and US based corporations probably can't import anything anymore since everybody outside the US is probably boycotting everything, and are trying to drive out American businesses and foreign investors.

[villager]

2. they've finally shot t hemselves in the foot, I guess...

But now they have to deal with their "useful idiots" on the far right...

[valerief]

3. I wonder if, in a week or so, the narrative will change again to

"GOP support takes big leap." You know, after that GOP $100 million has been spread around sufficiently. This will create a false impression that the GOP has taken the lead, when they may have only gained a few points.

[villager]

4. Good point, especially per today's WSJ

which shows that "suddenly" the GOP has leapt ahead in a few of the senate races...

[samfishX]

5. My bigger concern is that

with the increased attention (though just barely) to vote fraud potential in the MSM, Republicans might come out screaming, "VOTE FRAUD! VOTE FRAUD! VOTE FRAUD! (and unlike the liberals, we can "prove" it!)"

And you can look for the media to ignore all the signs showing the Democrats leads today because actual allegations of vote fraud are sexy.

Ugh.

[villager]

6. yes, but we need to make that Pandora's Box stick to them

...in all kinds of unexpected ways...

[TheWraith]

7. Maybe, just maybe, not everything is a huge conspiracy.

Maybe the reason that the media is reporting on a runaway Democratic advantage is because there is a runaway Democratic advantage. Maybe not every word on cable news is deliberately sculpted by Karl Rove as a cover for vote fraud, whilst he twirls his proverbial mustache. Maybe the news is somewhat or at some times reflective of reality rather than being purely the propaganda machine that paranoia would make it.

[villager]

10. it's not either/or

There are elites. They do control most of the media. They did agree -- however tacitly -- on a "narrative" that gave Li'l Bush a pass, and attacked any Demo (i.e. Gore) with something substantial to say.

That narrative is changed now. What's the tacit agreement this time?

[fat dad]

8. Because when the Conservative Depression...

...Hits they plan on letting the Dem's hold power briefly to take the blame for 25 years of abysmal economic right wing policies - debt, outsourcing, supply-side (theft) tax cuts, real estate bubbles, outrageous defense spending, pork...

A Democratic Prez in 2008 is going to be the Lee Harvey patsy for the right-wing's assasination of the American middle class economy.

[villager]

9. Turn a Dem into "Hoover" this time, eh?

Except, they have no FDRs in the ranks to bail out capitalism this time...