The main point of this diary is to plead/beg/urge/implore that you hit the streets tomorrow and work to get every Democrat to the polls!
Pretty much all polling indicates we have a solid shot at scoring huge upsets if we bridge the enthusiasm gap so perversely flaunted about by Republicans and many media outlets. If all of us can get shit done tomorrow, we stand to make a lot heads spin (and perhaps put Scotty R out of business).
On my end, I promise you I’ll be working the doors from 7 AM-7 PM tomorrow making sure everyone in West Philly gets to the polls in favor of Joe Sestak, and I really, really, really hope that all of my fellow Keystone SSPers make an all out effort to prevent the inauguration of a Sen. Pat Toomey.
So get at ’em guys! Knock on doors, make phone calls, offer rides, do absolutely anything it takes to make sure we prevent the nightmare that would be a Republican-dominated American legislature.
GET OUT THE VOTE!!!!
GET OUT THE VOTE!!!!
GET OUT THE VOTE!!!!
And just to make this diary a bit more relevant and palatable, I’ll offer a quick rundown of my predictions.
House of Reps
Dem pick ups:
LA-02 (Cao)
DE-AL (Castle-OPEN)
IL-10 (Kirk-OPEN)
HI-01 (Djou)
FL-25 (Diaz-Balart-OPEN)
GOP pick ups:
TN-06 (Gordon-OPEN)
NY-29 (Massa-OPEN)
LA-03 (Melancon-OPEN)
KS-03 (Moore-OPEN)
AR-02 (Snyder-OPEN)
TN-08 (Tanner-OPEN)
IN-08 (Ellsworth-OPEN)
OH-15 (Kilroy)
FL-02 (Boyd)
CO-04 (Markey)
PA-03 (Dahlkemper)
AR-01 (Berry-OPEN)
OH-01 (Driehaus)
FL-08 (Grayson)–not shedding any tears on this one
IL-11 (Halvorson)
VA-02 (Nye)
WI-07 (Obey-OPEN)
TX-17 (Edwards)
FL-24 (Kosmas)
WA-03 (Baird)
GA-08 (Marshall)
ND-AL (Pomeroy)
OH-16 (Boccieri)–sad about this one
MD-01 (Kratovil)
MI-01 (Stupak)
PA-07 (Sestak-OPEN)
NH-01 (Shea-Porter)
NV-03 (Titus)
SC-05 (Spratt)
SD-AL (Herseth-Sandlin)
TX-23 (Rodriguez)
WI-08 (Kagen)
AZ-01 (Kirkpatrick)
IL-17 (Hare)
AZ-05 (Mitchell)
MS-04 (Childers)
IL-14 (Foster)
TN-04 (Davis)
NY-20 (Murphy)
CO-03 (Salazar)
NY-19 (Hall)–also pretty bummed about this
NM-02 (Teague)
GA-02 (Bishop)
NC-02 (Etheridge)
NC-11 (Shuler)
MS-04 (Taylor)
VA-05 (Perriello)–I think this one’s gonna be the toughest to swallow; if Perriello wins, I’ll be thrilled regardless of what else happens, because it shows that decent men can still persevere
PA-11–I’m predicting on recount on this sucker
NM-01 (Heinrich)
CA-11 (McNerney)
NC-09 (Kissell)
CA-20 (Costa)
KY-06–I think Conway’s drop-off’s fucked us on this one
+5 WTF losses for a net total of -53
Senate
Dem pick ups:
Zilch
GOP pick ups:
ND (Dorgan-OPEN)- 29-71
AR (Lincoln)- 42-58
IN (Bayh-OPEN)- 44-56
WI (Feingold)- 46-53
IL (Kirk)- 50-46-3-2
PA (Specter-OPEN)- 51.5-48.5–this one’s going to be a kick in the gut made even worse because it’s happening to a Congressman I have a lot of respect for
NV (Reid)- 49-47-3-1–the world has gone to hell
CO (Bennet)- 50.4-49.6
net total of -8
I’m really hoping I’m wrong, and I look forward to your taunts come Nov. 3. But the environment couldn’t be more toxic for us, and I think we have a nasty couple couple of years ahead of us. If it’s any consolation, I think the Republicans are going to fuck up enough that Obama will win re-election. All I can say is, grab your balls because from Nov. 3 onwards it’s gonna be a wild fuckin’ ride.
Of course, if we all chip in with GOTV, the outlook could markedly improve…have at it.