So, How Are You Feeling About The 2006 Election?

[Dinger]

[Xipe Totec]

1. Frustrated

that it took this FUCKING LONG for people to get a clue.

:grr:

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

2. If ever anytime in my life defined the concept of 50/50, it's now. eom

MKJ

[Imagevision]

3. I'm not prepared to hear another "the polls got it wrong"...(again)

and the dems walk away without a fight like the Ukaine and elsewhere's

[MADem]

4. I'm feeling more confident locally than nationally, but I do believe that

this is completely do-able on a national level, if ONLY we GOTV, talk to our neighbors, and not let up or give up. Everyone needs to give just a little extra effort.

We just need to push through election day...and we can pull it off.

[wiley]

17. Agreed 100%. It's up to US

Let's do it!


Eric Massa (CD-29) will win if just a small number of us offer up some cash or help.
http://www.massaforcongress.com/contribute.asp

[derby378]

5. Too many Dem candidates didn't do enough to seal the deal

Instead of framing their debates and taking lessons from George Lakoff, they simply ran the same ol' same ol', which really frustrates me. I would say that this even applies to some of our local candidates, even though I will support them over the local Repukes.

[FloridaPat]

6. Been disappointed 3 times so far. Hoping to feel much better this

time.

[yurbud]

13. it's like my feeling about God and heaven: I doubt it but I'm willing...

to be pleasantly surprised when I die.

[texasleo]

7. Cautiously Optimistic

[in_cog_ni_to]

8. Cautiously optimistic. Evoting machines still exist. n/t

[AndyTiedye]

9. Queasy

:puke: Sure, we're ahead in the polls. Much good that did us in 2000, 2002, or 2004.

[Bullwinkle925]

10. Downright SCARED.

Despite the news that the Dems should take over the House and Senate, I'm still awaiting the dirty tricks of KKKarl. He doesn't have an ounce of decency or respect for this country or Constitution - so anything is fair game to him. Nothing - absolutely NOTHING surprises me with him and his cowardly ways.

[windy252]

11. I'm very pessimisitc due to reasons given by

above posters.

[Bullwinkle925]

14. I know - I'm getting jittery and biting my nails (literally).

God help us and the planet!

[yurbud]

12. crap shoot. I was optimistic about Kerry in '04.

Bush had lower approval ratings than any president ever re-elected, despite being restrained and polite, Kerry smoked Bush's ass in the debates. Kerry said they had lawyers watching polling places and prepared to go to court over irregularities. Then he won in the exit polls, the vote didn't match, so the polls were changed, and Kerry--surrendered.

That's why it's a crap shoot. Even if there's a fairly overwhelming vote against Bush, it will depend on far the GOP will go with voter intimidation and vote rigging, and how easily the Democrats will fold in the face of that.

Those things are hard to quantify. If this year's candidates follow Kerry's example, as soon as the GOP clears their throat and says "ahem," the Dems will throw down their weapons and come out with their hands up.

It also depends on how much the Chamber of Commerce and the financial elite have lost faith in Bush to carry their water.

[tomp]

15. other

we're through the rabitt hole. anything can happen down here.

[Gwerlain]

16. VERY cautiously- I almost put 50/50.

The Ike cruising to the Gulf concerns me.
Diebold concerns me. The fact that we've heard nothing about it concerns me even more.
The fact that the WH appears to be relatively unconcerned concerns me most of all. Of course, that might just be a psych job.

[Andyf1]

18. I'LL VOTE DEMOCRATIC BUT I'M NOT HAPPY

If the Dems win they will be better then the Republicans unless they do something really stupid like push for Mandatory National Service Rahm Emmanuel has suggested it.But it probably won't pass so I'll still vote Democrat but with all the anti-immigrant rhetoric from Hillary Clinton and Harold Ford Jr. taking credit for supporting a terrrible bankruptcy bill I'm afraid some Dems are going to act like Repubs but I'll still vote Democratic and take my chances

[billh58]

19. Very Optimistic

If we Democrats somehow manage to lose the mid-terms with everything that has been handed to us by this bumbling neocon, partisan, Republican Administration and Congress, we really should look for a different line of work -- top to bottom.

[AtomicKitten]

20. apoplectic with intermittent nervous tics

eom

[Larry Allen]

21. excited and proud

Whatever interventions they may try, I feel proud of my country for intending to limit Bush this way and at this point in time. I would love to be working for John Conyers right now.

[saltpoint]

22. It's going to be a real good night for our team.

Even better, the nation will be free and clear of several batshit crazies like Rick Santorum, Katherine Harris, Conrad Burns, and maybe Mean Jean and Michelle Bachmann.

[Touchdown]

23. Cautious but hopeful.

I'm exhausted with GOTV every Saturday, when I see the same people every time, and not many others bothering to show up. AI have a co-worker that believes everything the GOP Gov candidate says on his commercials, and how the Dem "plea bargained" heinous criminals (The Dem is a 10 year DA), but I see poll numbers and Dem signs in Repub neighborhoods, and GWB is not at all popular right now.

My only real hope is that the GOP sees how big this is going to be, so they won't even try to rig e-votes lest they be exposed as election thieves, but I'm afraid that I'll be very mistaken in that. God, I pray that I am wrong, and they don't steal it this time. 2004 was a punch in the gut for me. Nothing ever sticks to this man. He just parades on TV as smug as ever, no matter what scandals hit him, and I don't think I can handle another "I have political capital" speech again.