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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Another tea leaf?

At midday, the White House issued a pre-announcement that Bush will not make a statement until tomorrow.

Would they do this if they thought they might win? Are they trying to avoid the appearance of a concession speech? (Note, this was made this morning after they'd gotten a feel for what's going on.)

Mehlman's going to make the statement, BUT he's in Crawford with Bush. So, it's a very intentional effort to hide the President.

Tell me again how "tough" he is.

Also: CNN just issued their first "exit poll" listing "issues that affect your vote." In the "extremely important" category in order, Corruption, Terrorism, Economy, and Iraq. (42, 40, 39, 37%?) Not good for the GOPers. (Here's the graph.) (2/3 said they were voting on national issues, 1/3 local.)

And, I may be projecting, but the CNN and MSNBC tone seems to be anticipating big Dem. (No, it wasn't projection.)

Later: Of course, Mehlman counters with "exit polls skew Dem."

3 Comments:

  • Terrorism the number 2 issue? Iraq fourth? Corruption first?

    Strange.

    By Blogger Reality-Based Educator, at 4:53 PM  

  • Foleygate was a true October surprise--it really seems to have brought everything into focus for people.

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    le-enfant-terrible.blogspot.com

    By Blogger mephi, at 5:02 PM  

  • Reality, it's not single issue. It was, "Is this an issue in your vote?" Still odd, but not as odd.

    Mephi, that was the turning point, although I think it was more important in that it stopped the Republican post-9/11 momentum than the actual scandal itself.

    Mike

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 5:23 PM  

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