Reply #2: yes. This is very important

[Barney Rocks]

to be aware of. Also, the republicans really perfected their "get out the vote" technique in 2002. It is going to be even more effective this year. I am not sure if I trust the polls--but if the Republicans are up by a percent or 2 going into the election, we are going to have a very hard time of it.

Their registration is roughly equal to ours (when we look at the whole picture) and they have really perfected their get out the vote method--whereas we will be relying on first time or non-traditional voters who are notoriously difficult to get to turn out to the polls. Our best hope is that we keep winning the debates and that our momentum takes us into a good lead--one that is too large for the Republicans to overcome on election day.