From Donkey Rising Nov. 5
Ron Brownstein gets the nod for best Sunday pre-election wrap-up in the major rags with a pair of L.A. Times articles "Voters in center may get their say" and "Democrats straining for knockout punch." In the first piece Brownstein explores the theme that Democrats are pulling ahead because they more aggressively fought for swing voters in the political center, while the GOP has been preoccupied with shoring up its base.
Perhaps the nut quote comes from former NRCC Chairman Thomas Davis III (R-VA): "...the message is going to be that swing voters still count, and sometimes the more you cater to your base, the more you turn off swing voters."
Some Democratic poll analysts think this could be an understatement. "I think their whole model is going to lay shattered in pieces," says Democratic strategist Stan Greenberg.
http://www.emergingdemocraticmajorityweblog.com/donkeyrising/archives/001574.php
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-midterm5nov05,1,3040160.story?coll=la-headlines-politics
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-outlook5nov05,1,7880649.column?coll=la-utilities-politics