Cautious Optimism

For a party that predicted it will sweep Congress Tuesday, the Democrats are sure treading on eggs the last few days before the election. From the New York Times:

Representative Rahm Emanuel of Illinois, the Democrat leading his party’s effort to win control of the House, said, “It’s inevitable that there would be some tightening in the end.”

Still, Mr. Emanuel, who has been careful this campaign to avoid the public expressions of optimism voiced by other Democrats, added, “This is making me nervous.”

Across the country, Democrats also hailed the verdict in Baghdad but argued that it would make no difference in delivering stability to Iraq and would have little bearing on Tuesday’s vote.

“I think it’s a great verdict — I mean, Saddam Hussein is a war criminal and he’s getting what he deserves,” Howard Dean, the Democratic national chairman, said on “This Week” on ABC. “But I don’t think it has any impact on the safety of America.”

Representative John P. Murtha, the Pennsylvania Democrat who has become the face of his party’s opposition to the war in Iraq, said the verdict was the right one but predicted it would not make a difference in this campaign. What would matter more, Mr. Murtha said, were editorials in military papers being published Monday calling for the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld.

“When The Army Times, The Navy Times, The Marine Corps Times, they have all said that we’re not supporting the troops, that they’re losing confidence with the administration, that’s what’s important,” Mr. Murtha said, campaigning in Croydon, Pa., outside Philadelphia, for Patrick Murphy, a Democrat seeking to unseat Representative Michael G. Fitzpatrick.

First of all, let's write off that traitor Murtha. The Military Times papers are NOT military papers. The only thing they have to do with the military is that they publish stories of interest to military members and are sold in military exchanges -- but so are Playboy magazines. He knows he's lying but does it anyway.

Howard Dean. We all know he's nuts and will say anything to further the cause of abortion and socialism. I think the day Saddam swings will be the day Iraqis will finally realize that their country can change for the better.

Rahm Emanual: This is one of the most partisan guys I've ever seen. If he's nervous, there might be good reason.

Nancy Pelosi and the rest of the democrats are already casting seeds of doubt that the election will be fair. They say the voting machines can't be trusted. They say Republicans will do everything they can to steal the elections. If they are so confident of victory, why are they saying those things? They have hired 10,000 lawyers to make this the most painful election we've ever held. If the Democrats lose, they are going to turn this into a two-month legal battle. If they win, they will turn it into a two-year political battle.

Of course, we know that it is democrats who steal elections, not Republicans.

On election day, I am going to leave work and hermetically seal myself in my apartment. TNT is having a Law and Order marathon that day.