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."
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."
posted by mikevotes at
3:58 PM
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Terrorism the number 2 issue? Iraq fourth? Corruption first?
Strange.
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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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Unknown, 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
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mikevotes, at 5:23 PM
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