Barron's: GOP will hold Congress

[DeepModem Mom]

Survivor!
By Jim McTague

JUBILANT DEMOCRATS SHOULD RECONSIDER their order for confetti and noisemakers. The Democrats, as widely reported, are expecting GOP-weary voters to flock to the polls in two weeks and hand them control of the House for the first time in 12 years -- and perhaps the Senate, as well. Even some Republicans privately confess that they are anticipating the election-day equivalent of Little Big Horn. Pardon our hubris, but we just don't see it.

Our analysis -- based on a race-by-race examination of campaign-finance data -- suggests that the GOP will hang on to both chambers, at least nominally....

http://users2.barrons.com/lmda/do/checkLogin?mg=barrons-users2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.barrons.com%2Farticle%2FSB116138396438799484.html%3Fmod%3D9_0002_b_this_weeks_magazine_home

(NOTE: The remainder of the article is available by subscription only.)

[WCGreen]

1. They are all about the cash... Look where they went to get

their numbers...

The finance reports...

[bleever]

2. (NOTE: The remainder of the article is

not worth paying for.)

[DeepModem Mom]

3. LOL! Maybe somebody on DU has a subscription. Anybody? nt

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

24. Damnit! I just tossed my copy Barron's.

:rofl:

[Erika]

4. Yes, those without a social conscience will vote GOP

The GOP has done very well by the rich.

[shance]

5. The only way GOP wins is if they rig it. PERIOD.

No way they can do other than cheat and of course they know this.

[dweller]

6. based on a race-by-race examination of campaign-finance data

Barron's-Screw the People...in Mammon we trust.

dp

[Tyo]

7. Barrons is a waste of space

Of all the financial rags Barrons has the honor of being the most consistently out of touch.

[Ken Burch]

8. It would be great if this turned out to be like the COLLIER's poll in 1936

Where they only polled people who had telephones, and as a result predicted a landslide win for Alf Landon.

[pnorman]

9. It was the Literary Digest that made that idiotic "prediction".

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This election is notable for the Literary Digest poll, which was based on 10 million questionnaires mailed to readers and potential readers; over two million were returned. The Literary Digest, which had correctly predicted the winner of the last 5 elections, announced in its October 31 issue that Landon would be the winner with 370 electoral votes. The cause of this mistake is believed to be due to improper sampling: more Republicans subscribed to the Literary Digest than Democrats.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1936

pnorman

[Ken Burch]

10. I stand corrected as to who did the "poll".

nt

[pnorman]

12. I hope there was no "GOTCHA!!" sensed in my correction.

I value this DU community far too well for that. The truth of the matter is this: I'm in the age group (born in 1930) that's been fed such factoids ad nauseum. (But by force of habit, I Googled it just to be sure.)

Regards, pnorman
PS: Here's a nice cheery Halloween photo I just 'lifted' from another DUer:

[Ken Burch]

13. No Gotcha taken. Thanks for the correction

Nice pumpkin, btw.

[pnorman]

14. Glad to hear that.

That pumpkin was submitted by "proud2Blib" on another thread, just a short while ago. I predict it'll be metastasizing like crazy by sunup.

pnorman

[pnorman]

23. "predict it'll be metastasizing like crazy by sunup"

Apparently, it has! I just checked that image, and saw where it's been reduced to a thumbnai!! Dang!!! I think I saved the full-sized image somewhere, so I'll start looking.

pnorman

[Zynx]

11. Based just on cash? WTF?

By that standard the GOP would have never taken the House in 1994.

[Lasher]

15. The first sign is denial.

Lots of right wing heads will be exploding in just over 2 weeks. This is so much fun.

[Supersedeas]

18. but they demand that you Pardon their hubris

[Senator]

16. Barron's is owned by Dow Jones -- like the Wall Street Journal

And its playpen of an Editorial Page.

Not that it means much. Their "never wrong" poll has been "wrong" in the past 2 (stolen) presidential elections.

They could also just be trying to stave off a market crash. This is the season for it.

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[lynne]

17. Here's a different link where you can read the entire article -

- http://online.barrons.com/public/article/SB116138396438799484-uMRQ4ejl3lonVnJ_TXy6k9fPXls_20061121.html?mod=9_0002_b_free_features

[DeepModem Mom]

21. THANK YOU, LYNNE! nt

[soothsayer]

19. Neocons, pure and simple

[lonehalf]

20. The "Dewey Defeats Truman" Headline was just as prescient.

as this cover story will be.

You can see the picture here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_S_Truman

[Tyo]

22. Barrons is consistantly wrong on just about everything

If Barrons thinks that the Rethugs are going to keep both houses, I'd say the Dems are a shoe-in for the House at least.

[Gloria]

25. what's "nominally"??? Either you win it or you don't--nominally, what??

[yellowcanine]

26. Someone whould remind them that it is the people who actually vote...

not the dollars.

[Generic Brad]

27. Whatever they're smoking at Barron's can't possibly be legally obtained

Their analysis is clearly clouded.
:smoke:

[AtomicKitten]

28. Thom Hartmann was discussing this tonight on AA.

It has entirely to do with $$$ and not polling. The disturbing aspect is that they are right more frequently than I'm comfortable with right now. It also gives the Rs cover to cheat in a big way. Very disturbing.

[truthisfreedom]

29. the only reason Barron's published this piece of plop is to raise

their number of subscribers. they're floudering, obviously, so they come up with this trash to lure in desperate thugs seeking solace.

[Supersedeas]

30. Inside scoop from Diebold maybe?