Is the more likely for the dems to take the Senate or the House?

[oc2002]

As far as I have heard talk is the House is more likely to be taken by the Dems in Nov?

[benburch]

1. House.

Because only 1/3 of the Senate is up for re-election.

[LiberalPartisan]

2. House is more likely - but...

As things are going now I can see taking both.

[Benhurst]

3. Neither. Diebold et al rule. NT

[oc2002]

4. heh, I do not think even hacking the elections will save them this time.

it would be so blatant it would be impossible to cover it up.

[Dr.Phool]

5. But when you combine Diebold, with our leadership

And their uncanny ability to screw the pooch, by not taking advantage of opportunities, I'm not very optimistic.

I used to be.

[Jackpine Radical]

6. If they could pull off things like the Saxby Shameless win

against Max Cleland in 2002, making a 12-point lead vanish overnight, what makes you think they can't turn 32% (or 22%, for that matter) into 53%? You think the press is gonna call them on it? The press will be busy writing stories about how come the exit polls didn't work again.

[drm604]

7. I've been thinking about this lately.

On the face of it, it would seem foolish to try to fake numbers so obviously at odds with public sentiment.

On the other hand, so many of them may be facing arrest and imprisonment if they lose control that they'll feel that they have nothing to lose and try it anyway.

The question is, what is our response if they do so? Does the party have a plan? If they do have a plan (and I certainly hope that they do) we won't know about it ahead of time because they'll want to keep it secret. So we have no way of knowing if they'll respond or not. Past history isn't encouraging.

Should we have something ready at the grass roots level? Should we attempt to mobilize ahead of time for some kind of massive activist activity? What would that activity be and what would we hope it to achieve?

Just some thoughts...

[Bandit]

12. Do you really believe they give a damn whether we know or not?

They will do whatever it takes to stay in power and they really don't give a flying fuck what you think...

[Benhurst]

13. Exactly. NT

[Telly Savalas]

14. That's right. There's no point in trying because we're destined to lose.

[Skarbrowe]

8. Watch the polls on how Congress is doing. I noticed a change already..

I've been watching the polls of people who would vote more for Democrats or more for Republicans in 2006 for the past couple of months. Wasn't it about almost 60 something percent Democrat to 30 something Republican?? I was waiting for the gap to close so our screwed up voting system could somewhat believably (not really) keep it all in the hands of the Republicans.

THEN the other night on I believe it was NBC Nightly News, could be wrong on that, the gap had started to close. It was more like, just guessing here, 52% Democrat to 44% Republican. Way too close for comfort. If the MSM can throw around polls in the next few months even keeping it at 56-44, but probably getting more into the range of 53-47....look out. Rove, even if he's indicted, can still say his "secret" voters came out late in the day.

And yes that rotten egg election in Georgia in 2002 was their first more than obvious theft by electronic voting and then they knew they could get away with blatant theft in any state they wanted.

Still makes me sick.

[warrens]

10. It was never two-to-one

Dems briefly had a 10 point lead, and it is now 8 or 9, depending on the poll. That is a sizeable lead; the generic preferences are generally within 4 or 5 points.

[Mugsy]

9. Not "either/or". I'm going for BOTH!

What's this "either/or" crap??? WE NEED BOTH!

[kentuck]

11. A simple rule :

Don't ever count your chickens before they hatch.