If the pollsters are going to be wrong, this will be the year.

[kentuck]

Simply because, the Tea Party are not reliable voters for the Republicans at large. They may vote for the crazy Tea Bagger on the ticket but they will not be as quick to vote for establishment Republicans, especially those that helped to run up the debt.

If the Democrats have a turn-out that is slightly higher than usual for mid-term elections, this could be one of those "Dewey Defeats Truman" moments? I do not believe this election cycle is as predictable as some might think?

There could be some Democratic victories that are unexpected and there could be some Republican defeats that we don't expect, such as the "crazy lady" Michele Bachman and the "diaper-man" David Vitter. Also, there could be a couple of others in this environment.

The Democrats could very well keep the House and Senate. Most voters have not made up their minds yet. They will make their decisions in the next few days. They may not be as crazy about the Republicans as we or Mitch McConnell and John Boehner might think? This could be a surprising and historic election. We simply do not know. I keep having this vision of Harry Truman smiling and holding up the newspaper...

[Tippy]

1. Well it is coming down to the wire.......

And for some time now I have this fealing of confidence....Based on the fact people know...they know why we are where we are at this point and time and they dam sure know who put us here.

[kentuck]

4. I think most of them do know who put us into the mess...

...and that is why they left the Republican Party. But Boehner and McConnell have been telling them lies and feeding them candy in hopes of keeping them on board. It will be a betrayal of great magnitude if the Tea Baggers believe the Republican Party. Once they are in power, the Tea Party be damned.

[spanone]

2. the media has treated the teabaggers like they are a real political party

they are not.

the republicans have embraced them for their numbers

there is no proof that any of them will show up and vote.

[DCKit]

3. It seems most of them have their MediCare supplied scooters...

if they're not going to use them to get to the polls, what's the point of giving them away?

[B Calm]

5. K&R