Impression: we're going to do better than the media projects.

[existentialist]

I think that Democrats are beginning to turn this around.

I think that enough of them have figured out that we have to go on offense, and it's working.

The media wants the Republicans to win not only because of a general Republican bias, but because it makes a better story, but Democrats fighting back is a good story too, and many places it's happening.

I just read on Congressional Quarterly of a recent poll that voters trust the Democrats more on economy, taxes, government regulation, environment, defense, budget, you name it there was quite a list, and the Democrats lead in all but one category.

Also, locally, here in South Dakota where the only contested national race is for the house seat, Congressional
Quarterly rates the race as a tossup, but recent polls indicate Democrat Herseth-Sandlin leading by 12. This is credible; anyone even close to neutral agreed that Herseth-Sandlin won their debate hands down, with Kristy Noem looking like she had no idea how government worked. Also Noem's driving record and contempt for traffic laws has reminded a lot of people of Bill Janklow and his manslaughter conviction, and Noem hasn't handled that well either.

I don't know, but I just get the feeling that generally we're going to do better than superficial reading of the news stories available would support.

[WilliamPitt]

1. Food for thought

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2010/10/02/democrats_trusted_on_nearly_every_issue.html

[LawnKorn]

2. The Tea Party peaked out last April

Most voters don't pay attention to elections until just before it is time to vote, and we are waking up in huge numbers. Democratic turnout will be much larger than the media predicts (read: what the media is counting on), and we will hold both the Senate and the House.

The Republicans are cracking up. O'Donnell in Delaware was a huge miscue. Whitman in California was a $100 million miscue. Sink is toping Scott in the poles in Florida. The media can't put enough spin on facts to insure a Republican victory.

Each election will be decided by the voters, and Democrats will have the majority of voters in November.

[ThomWV]

3. I think you are exactly right