Rec if you Predict Dems hold onto House...

[Anser]

Unrec if you do not think so (despite what you may hope for and/or be working towards.)

Just a little experiment.. my first thought is this post ends up on the top 10 "On the Fence" posts. (Or is just ignored, heh)

Also, I hope a post like this is allowed, if not I apologize and ask that it be deleted.


Thanks.

[provis99]

1. it would be better if you ran this as a DU poll.

[Anser]

2. Hmm.. You are right

Some may unrec because they think its a dumb idea. Heh, I guess I should have thought that through some more. Never posted a poll.

Thanks.

[Iggo]

8. I unrec'd it because that's the exact reason unrec exists.

[ZombieHorde]

3. Only donors can make polls. nt

[Anser]

4. Ahh.. in that case I'm glad I did it this way.

I'm such a flip flopper.

[bjobotts]

32. Voters are starting to see that repubs are trying to buy this election

[bjobotts]

33. Their ultimate goal is to bankrupt the government so corporations can take over.

[bjobotts]

34. Drown it in the bathtub so corporations are free to do whatever they want

[bobburgster]

5. I do! n/t

[LiberalLoner]

6. I think there might be a good chance, because....

I've been hearing the right-winger talking heads spouting off about "liberals are stealing the election" and on Morning Joe the crew looks awfully subdued lately, like they are expecting a disappointment.

Plus the rising approval ratings of President Obama and the big crowds he is drawing point to a lot of enthusiasm among us Dems.

I think there is actually a pretty darn good chance we'll hold on to both the house and senate.

[Iggo]

7. Rec this thread if...?

Really?

:rofl:

[Anser]

9. Sure...

Why not? ;)

[Iggo]

10. .

:thumbsup:

[elocs]

11. I love "Rec" threads, I mean how could anyone ever UnRec a Rec thread? Seriously.

But I didn't know that Fox was no longer going to be holding onto House.

[Anser]

12. Actually..

It is a Rec OR UnRec thread.

[Renew Deal]

26. I love all the predictions that unrec would end the "rec this thread" threads

:shrug:

[highplainsdem]

13. K&R

[Odin2005]

14. Fuck the MSM narrative! We will keep the House!

[handmade34]

15. fired up...!

[bvar22]

16. The Dems will do better than the current polls and Talking Heads are predicting.

The Repubs peaked way too early, and their pre-mature ejaculation created a well deserved blowback.

My fear is that the Democratic Party leadership will interpret this as a Public Mandate for their very "Centrist" policies and performance.
NOTHING could be further from the truth.

I, like most other Liberals, WILL be voting Democratic, but I wish there was a "comments" section on the bottom of the ballot so I could tell them how FURIOUS I am with their Republican Appeasement and the open insults toward the Democratic Wing of the Democratic Party.


"If we don't fight hard enough for the things we stand for,
at some point we have to recognize that we don't really stand for them."
--- Paul Wellstone

[demi moore]

37. can they regain the super majority?

if they did they would have a real hard time explaining why they equilibrated back to the right after a hard push to the left.

[RaleighNCDUer]

48. hear hear. nt

[immoderate]

60. I agree.

With the same caveats. This is like the Vietnam era, where both the Democrats and Republicans, and the media, were the "establishment," and real choice was mostly not available.

--imm

[unkachuck]

17. close....

....but we'll hold the House....ten days is a long time and we're moving in the right direction (no pun intended)....

[onenote]

18. I wish I could. Really do.

And I hope like hell we do hold the House. But the numbers are not looking good. Remember, there are 49 House Districts that went for McCain in 2008 but elected a Democrat. Most of those are prime targets. Plus there are a number of additional seats where the incumbent is retiring, which hurts. A number of races are tightening, and I've written a couple of more checks to help out candidates in races that we need to win. But at best, its too close to call.

[BolivarianHero]

49. Chin up...

We're +6 on the latest generic Congressional ballot. The only thing that sucks is that Wisconsin seems like it'll have a Republican wave with respect to state politics that could put Feingold out of a job.

[DavidDvorkin]

19. I have absolutely no idea what will happen

I'm always puzzled by the posts predicting what will happen. How much of that is wishful thinking or fear? If it's serious prognostication, what special knowledge is it based on?

[DeSwiss]

20. K&R n/t

[humbled_opinion]

21. I really don't know but...

I think there is alot more enthusiasm now then a couple of weeks ago, I was a bit worried then. The bottom line is this: If the Pubbies don't take control of the House and Senate that will stand as a testament the Presidents agenda is Centrist not far left and it is on track for what Americans broadly want. It will be a resounding slap in the face to the Right wing radical extremists of the tea party. In other words the debate will be over and I think at that point Obama can safely move his agenda further left without too much fear of the electorate getting upset about it.

[JDPriestly]

22. K&R

[gateley]

23. K&R - but don't know if I'm predicting or just hoping! nt

[donheld]

24. I don't do predictions.

[southmost]

25. recommended to see freepers' head explode

it would be like h-bomb style explosions :)

[Old Codger]

27. Damn

Hit the unrec by mistake, need a way to undo accidents like that...

[zinnisking]

43. I wasn't goint to vote

I recommended to neutralize your unrec. :fistbump: ;-)

[Old Codger]

65. Thank You

I thought I replied earlier to this but not here so here it is again.. Thank You, and welcome to DU :)

[MilesColtrane]

28. Despite what I want to happen I think we'll lose the House.

The American voter has a short memory and, with the job situation as bad as it is, s/he is just itching to vote out incumbents.

The reports of a strong Democratic turnout for early voting is heartening though.

[RBInMaine]

39. Take a pep pill and get out there and canvass. We CAN win. GOTV is everything.

[onehandle]

29. We would have if this administration would have come in wielding a flaming sword.

But no, we had to be bipartisan and will get a...

[PinkFloyd]

30. Sadly, I feel exactly the same way.

But I hope I'm wrong.

[McCamy Taylor]

31. I am sure we hold the Senate. I am beginning to suspect we MIGHT hold the house.

I have never seen the country sour to a party as quickly as they have soured to the Tea Party. They made good theater, but I think lots of folks are getting cold feet about having them represent them in DC.

If the election was in December, I am sure we would hold both houses. These whackos do not stand up to scrutiny. Their best chance is lock themselves in their own homes and refuse to speak to anyone until Nov. 3. That way they will stop making so many laughable mistakes. When complete amateurs run for office, they act like...complete amateurs.

[KBlagburn]

35. Poll Is Up!

just thought I'd help out a little.

[Tiggeroshii]

36. it will only happen if you and everybody who is capable...

gets as many people they possibly can out to the polls. If everybody keeps canvassing and making phone calls for their candidates and the Democcrats now until election day; and if we work our damndest: then we'll keep the house. This isn't going to come easy, but if we work hard -it will come.

[RBInMaine]

38. It's ALL about GOTV. If we get the hell out and vote, we win. Simple as that.

[indimuse]

40. KNR! n/t

[MaeScott]

41. Rec for the truth. Hold both houses. nt

[sagesnow]

42. Never count your donkeys until...

they've kicked your candidate's a** into office.
Get Out the Vote!

[Statistical]

44. Anyone who honestly think that (with conviction) should use intrade.

http://www.intrade.com/?request_operation=main&request_type=action&checkHomePage=true

$10 nets you $100 if Democrats hold the house on election day.


so deposit say $10,000 (take an advance on credit card) and make $100,000 in less than 2 weeks.

Of course a simple "belief" is usually meaningless. Anyone not willing to put money behind it is just telling themselves what they want to hear.

[Codeine]

45. Precisely.

Lotta whistling past the graveyard around here lately.

[RBInMaine]

54. Lotta shitty dooming and glooming by those who need anti-depressants around here lately.

And if Dems do lose the House, you'll probably be part of the "they deserved it" crowd. How shitty.

[Codeine]

57. They don't deserve it at all.

I'm not part of the Perfection and Purity Brigade. Politics is cyclical, and the party that holds the executive usually loses quite a few seats in the midterm. That's the way of things.

If we hold the House I'll start the biggest crow-eating, self-mocking thread I can; will those who castigate those of us for acknowledging the probable loss of the House do the same if we're right? I think not.

[RBInMaine]

53. See where this is at this time next week.

[leftygolfer]

46. We will hold the house

Unless dybold steals another one

[mikekohr]

47. With a Good GOTV We will Hold the House, -the Senate is a lock thnks to Tea Party wingnuttery-

Senate: 54 to 56 seats. House 219-226

mike kohr
Bureau County Republicans
http://bureaucountydems.blogspot.com

[Anser]

50. Well

Not exactly an on the fence post after all.

I will say that this is the most enthusiastic and involved I've ever seen my peer group (say 27-32ish) about a midterm election.

[laughingliberal]

51. Rec nt

[LawnKorn]

52. K&R

The main stream media has it wrong.

It is the last week before the election; now is the time for people who only pay attention to elections to wake up. There is no enthusiasm gap and Democratic voter turnout on election day will exceed the Republicans.

[lonestarnot]

55. K & R

:kick:

[Anser]

56. Current "Poll" results...

282 Total Recs

50 Total Unrecs

[dhill926]

58. K&R.............

[defendandprotect]

59. No crystal ball -- but hope liberals/progressives will try to knock out as many Repugs as possible!!

If we do that, we can continue the push to the LEFT we began in '06 --

and we can deal with the corporate Dems AFTER that -- !!

[rasputin1952]

61. The R's?Teabagger have nothing...

they will lose...and I hope dramatically!

[nxylas]

62. Have to unrec on principle, I'm afraid

I always take the mantra that "a pessimist is never disappointed". I'd rather prepare for the predicted Republican sweep and be pleasantly surprised than to hold out hope for a Democratic victory and then weep as the teabaggers hoot and holler and fire their guns randomly in the air.

[creon]

63. Good chance

I think that there is a good chance that the Dems will hold onto the House. People do need to vote.

[DinahMoeHum]

64. Kickety kick-kick, , ,

kick kick

:kick::kick::kick: