I want to tie some posts I've made together in commenting on this article.

The first is from a political analyst who says.

...no president with an approval rating below 50 percent has lost fewer than the 15 seats Democrats need to retake the House. (more)

Next is the public's perception of Bush as untrustworthy. Shouldn't be too difficult to paint other Republicans with that same brush. (more)

Finally, there is poll data on what is happening locally with voters and particularly Independents. (more)

Its imperative the Dems get voters out. If not, the Reps will surely win.

Now don't you worry your pretty little heads. When the next catalyzing "Pearl Harbor" event happens our "Dubya" will be back in the saddle agin' jes like he was the last time. And jes like the last time, America's fat, lazy entertainment hungry middle class will get off their great butts only long enough to allow Dubya to take away the rest of their freedoms.

Assuming for the sake of argument that the 2000 election was stolen in Florida and the 2004 election was stolen in Ohio, who is going to stop the mid-term elections from being stolen in a number of other states? Does anyone really believe that Karl Rove & co. has not made sure that enough preprogrammed electronic voting machines have been ordered for critical states? Anyone who does not think that the lifesaver-colored terror alert level will be at orange or even red come next November hasn't been paying attention. Anyone who is surprised when troop levels in Iraq drop in September and October doesn't know how these guys think. Next, watch for the "Swift Boating" of any Democrat likely to knock off some schmuck Republican.

The well-educated conservatives (yep, there are a few) knew Bush for the self-centered moron that he is and were willing to accept the dancing monkey, until his antics started to affect them in that most patriotic of areas, their wallets.

Since most of the Bush backers would trampled their own mothers for profit, it's easy to see why they're bailing out of the idiot's game.

Greed is their god! Patriotism is for fools and cannon fodder; we bury both fools and cannon fodder in the same common graves, except that we first pin a few tin medals on the latter. And the game goes on.

It is WAY WAY WAY too late for business as usual. Even Montel Williams has opened the "can of worms". It is going to be terribly painful for Americans to open the sacred black box of their beliefs (ie Santa Claus TRUTHS). 911 has been successfully put where the truth never shines. WMD's, our HEALTH crises, Homeland Security, the Patriot Act, Katrina, Dubai Port World (which also owns our huge CSX rail and container company), the infamous CHEMTRAILS, all and more have been done to us in the name of our becoming global and "safe"
Bush/cronies/cabinet have powered up the Executive and made spying on Americans accepted policy. The NEO CON Straussian framework behind them desires our freedoms and our free labor, followed by our going peacefully into the not so good night.
Since Pubs and Dems seem to be on the same side, WHERE is a viable third party??

The historical statistics are all well and good, however, never before has one party controlled the voting machines across America as is the case today. Be prepared for low GOP polls, high exit polling for Democrats, yet lots of miraculous Republican victories in November.

And ditto 2008.

And be prepared for lots of ineffective head scratching by the media giants.

Twice is more than enough. We people should not vote for any Dem who lets the Repugs steal another election anywhere. Gore and the DNC were fucking idiots to "accept" the 2000 election.

No one with any brains expects an honest election in 2006 and we have to prepare. Dems can capture the house, but not if they don't have a fair election or expose the corruption.

PRESIDENT CARTER HAS FOR YEARS GONE TO OTHER NATIONS TO WATCH THE VOTING TO ASSURE THAT THE VOTING IS DONE HONESTLY...WHY DON'T WE HAVE THE SAME HERE IN THE USA ...BODIES TO INSURE THAT WE HAVE HONEST UNBIASED VOTING MACHINES AND SOME SORT OF FOLLOW UP THAT WILL NOT BE HAMPERED BY BIASED PARTY'S INTEREST DOING THE CHECKING ?
AMERICANS HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW THAT THEIR VOTE IS COUNTED AND COUNTED HONESTLY.

In time when democrats are counting
how many seats they will gain,
reps just working quietly to steal another
elections as they did it before

For God's sake, whatever you do, don't vote electronically. It's easy enough to vote absentee. Take a copy of the ballot before you mail it in. If possible, send it certified. At least there will be a paper trail. Our vote is more valuable this time than it will ever be again. This is our last chance.

I wonder at all these people who think the Dems are going to "fix" it. The Dem and the Repubs are both power hungry statists. The only difference between Bush and Kerry is Bush like to be on top when he is screwing you. Get a clue. The Dems are just as corrupt as the neo-con clowns running the show now. Third Party is the only way to go and still stay within the current system- you really want to revert to a Constitutional government it will take alot more than that.

Dianne--I agree 1000%!! DO NOT vote electronically!!!! Paper trail, people. There is no other way to have some kind of backup when these next elections are stolen(and at the risk of sounding pessimestic, yes they will be)I am sorry to say. At least have a paper trail ready and filed,so we will be able to PROVE that the elections were stolen and take REAl action this time.
I defy anyone to try and tell me that Dubya and his criminal crew will honorably and quietly leave the Oval Office. I also defy anyone to try and convince me that the same paid Repugs and Demawhores will not try to hold on to their seats so they can all continue to pass more and more insane oppressive "laws" and continue to line their greedy pockets,and sing their decadant soulless songs of joy over their wealth while the rest of us starve and die in the streets!
ENOUGH already!!!!!!!!!! Watch your backs and keep your powder dry.

Well, I definitely am not weeping for the Republicans. Actually, I'm cheering on those polls to continue showing Bu$h taking a nose dive. Bu$h is nothing but a dictator who has been allowed to be so by this current administration. We people in this country have had our wakeup call a long time ago.

I would not be a bit surprised, especially if the Republicans hold the House and Senate in the coming mid-terms, to see a suspension of elections in 2008. Bush has already stated publicly that it would be much easier to "govern" (if that's what you call this traveling snake oil show he has created)as a dictator rather than a elected (selected?) president. He has already created what amounts to the United Fascist States of America. What's to keep him from going all the way and annointing himself President for Life. There is no way that this circus called Congress could muster up the courage to stop him.

As long as the almost all of the information that almost all of the public gets about the world outside their personal lives comes through a mass media operation that's in the hands of a few owners who benefit from Bush's policies, I don't see how things can change politically, unless things get really bad for most people, in a manner that's uncontrollable by the moneyed elite. The last time we had such a train wreck was the Depression. FDR took control, to save capitalism from itself. He was called a traitor to his class, but rescued the country from economic ruin.

I'm afraid we're headed for another train wreck but this time thanks to globalization, the rich will walk away unscathed while the majority of Americans sink gradually into 3rd world poverty. The only kink in this scheme, the only thing that would threaten the American moneyed elite, would be a loss of military capability due to a collapse of the technology and manufacturing base, caused by the "free trade" policies they champion.

As long as almost all of the information that almost all of the public gets about the world outside their personal lives comes through a mass media operation that's in the hands of a few owners who benefit from Bush's policies, I don't see how things can change politically, unless things get really bad for most people, in a manner that's uncontrollable by the moneyed elite. The last time we had such a train wreck was the Depression. FDR took control, to save capitalism from itself. He was called a traitor to his class, but rescued the country from economic ruin.

I'm afraid we're headed for another train wreck but this time thanks to globalization, the rich will walk away unscathed while the majority of Americans sink gradually into 3rd world poverty. The only kink in this scheme, the only thing that would threaten the American moneyed elite, would be a loss of military capability due to a collapse of the technology and manufacturing base, caused by the "free trade" policies they champion.