NY Times hack Nagourney trying to minimize a Democratic victory

[Mass]

and of course, implying that if the victory is not big enough, it is Dean's fault.



http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/07/us/politics/07memo.html?_r=1&hp&ex=1162875600&en=b7e80f617209c973&ei=5094&partner=homepage&oref=slogin

Political Memo
For Democrats, Even a Gain May Feel Like a Failure

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Almost without exception, Democrats have praised Mr. Emanuel and Mr. Schumer — though Howard Dean, the party’s national chairman, may have to defend his decision to spread Democratic National Committee money to build up parties in all 50 states, while parrying requests for support in the Congressional races.



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The obvious best outcome for Democrats would be to win control of both houses, allowing them to claim a public mandate. But unless they somehow control 60 votes in the Senate — which, not to be setting any expectations here, is not going to happen — they will have to work with Republicans to pass legislation. If they win the House by a large margin but do not get the Senate, they will also no doubt claim something of a mandate, though that would seem to be a recipe for gridlock.

If the Democrats fail to capture the House and the Senate, it would provide a psychic boost for the White House and some political vindication for Karl Rove, the president’s chief political adviser. But given the intramural Republican squabbling of the past two years, it seems fair to say that nothing much could be expected out of Congress for the next two.

Mr. Bennett said, of the possibility of Democrats’ losing in the end, “Some people will be saying, maybe that’s better, which I think is crazy, but people are going to say it anyway.”

[alarimer]

1. Well gridlock is okay

It would keep them from passing any more torture bills.

[Binka]

2. Fuck This Hack

Send in Pastor Ted.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. Sixty Senators-Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

No party had had sixty senators in a generation....

[TomClash]

4. He's a whiny, nerdy neo-con asshole nt

[KoKo]

5. Karl Rove wrote this article for him....check out this sentence in Nagourney's

piece. Where is Nagourney getting information if he doesn't believe the pollsters? :eyes:

Many of these predictions had been based on polls showing that President Bush, the Republican Party and Congress were extraordinarily unpopular. But going into Election Day, at least 20 House seats and probably 3 Senate seats were tied or close to it, no matter what the national polls say.