House Polling Dump - 10/26/10 - A Bad Day

[Yeggo]

I know we're all on the same side, and I don't want to discourage anyone. If anything, it should encourage us to work even harder in the last week to make sure we all prove me massively wrong on election night. But that being said, here's what happened today:

http://conversation101.squarespace.com/generic-ballot/2010/10/26/house-polling-dump-102610-an-ugly-day-for-democrats.html

[marmar]

1. "I know we're all on the same side, and I don't want to discourage anyone"

:think:

[Yeggo]

2. Denying bad news

doesn't make it go away. If we ignore what's going on, it makes it worse. So, we can put our heads in the sand and be shocked on Election Night, or we can see what's going on, acknowledge it, and figure out what to do about it. It's your choice.

[marmar]

3. Uh-huh

nt

[Motown_Johnny]

4. 9 races out of the entire House Of Representatives listed there

I don't mean to be rude but you can see how that looks like cherry picking, and when you factor in how new you are to this site it seems fairly suspicious.

[Yeggo]

5. OK, that's fair.

But I've been doing these updates for the better part of the last two months, and overall I've looked at almost a hundred races. I'm new here, but I'm not new to doing what I do, and my projection is still one of the most dem-friendly out there. Just not sure it's fair to judge anyone's motives based on just one bit of information.

[Yeggo]

6. and...

I picked those because they were the most noteworthy ones that came out today, not because they were bad for Democrats.

[pintobean]

7. I'm not suspicious

I've been reading his posts and he reports facts. It's not his fault the facts aren't going our way. Don't blame the messenger.