Barron's Magazine declares 'GOP Will Hang On!'

[truthpusher]

http://online.barrons.com/public/main



Campaign money often speaks louder than polls in determining which candidates win elections. Our race-by-race review predicts that Republicans with fat war chests will carry the November elections.

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. We expect ...

link: http://online.barrons.com/public/main

[Mojambo]

1. Investor class doing some wishful thinking. n/t

[KingFlorez]

2. Writing an opinion piece about what you want will not make it so

[Eric J in MN]

3. Unfortunately, it's true that we've won nothing this year.

Get-out-the vote from your own home by using your phone. Call for Change:
www.moveon.org

[geek tragedy]

4. They have the Republicans GAINING seats in the Senate.

:silly: :wtf: :crazy: :dunce: :rofl:

[C_U_L8R]

5. Hang on what?

The yardarms or the gallows pole

[Cha]

11. Hang on to their

fucking house of cards..that will eventually come down one way or another.

[bigdarryl]

6. What the fuck are they talking about the dem's have matched the...

republicans in fundraising and money. money's not going to help them there grasping at straws

[TheCowsCameHome]

7. Correction: GOP will hang.

[AlCzervik]

8. this same guy writes for Frontpage, call me skeptical.

The same frontpage that employs Mona Charen.

[peekaloo]

9. In need of name change: Robber Barrons.

ah, that's mo' like it.

[billybob537]

10. What he said

should piss everyone off
WE CAN BUY THE ELECTION is what he thinks. Frankly I don't see it. You can spend all the money you like but your lies are falling on deaf ears. We've heard so many lies we've stopped listening.
PS. that smell that's the smell of desperation.

[alcibiades_mystery]

12. They're right

GOP will have a 1 seat majority ion the Senate and a 2 seat majority in the House.

You heard it here first (actually, I made this prediction 3 weeks ago and I stick with it).

[KingFlorez]

13. They base everything on the money advantage

That is not an indicator of who will win and they leave out that some Democrats have a money advantage/