For all those gripped with fear over the LA times poll

[DemNoir]

Read this:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/8/25/233623/668

Its brilliant.

[Mistress Quickly]

1. What if we are gripped with fear, lol?

[AVID]

2. whew!!!

- - taking head out of oven now.

Thanks

[kwolf68]

3. Rally da troops

Yea, good essay. We Dems have a lot tied up in this election and every little snippet of what is perceived to be bad news becomes "the sky is falling"

[CBHagman]

4. Have heart and backbone!

Why are we so good at torturing ourselves with gloom-and-doom scenarios? Have a heart and a backbone, and keep working to win.

[Mistress Quickly]

5. On a serious note

this bump should be short lived. People will get tired of the crap and wake up soon enough, and remember they still don't have a job or healthcare, who cares about Vietnam.

[kentuck]

6. I think this is salient point....

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In 156 out of 180 polls taken in AZ, AR, CO, FL, MO, NV, NH, NC, OH, TN, VA and WV since Super Tuesday, Bush is under 50. Bush's trial heat average from the last five polls from each of these states shows him under 50, and Kerry either leading or within the MoE. In 2000, Bush won all twelve of these states, worth 136 EV's, and right now he is in danger in all of them.

[RoundRockD]

7. Great reality check for all who are in panic mode. n/t

[Frodo]

8. Battleground (far superior) poll is out. 44/43 Kerry

[Chili]

9. don't panic...

...until you see the EC numbers on THIS poll-watcher site reversed:

http://www.electoral-vote.com/

Then hide all the sharp objects. I don't think that's ever going to happen.

[displacedtexan]

10. Don't forget the definition of "Likely Voter!"

When polls cite "likely voters," they never tell you that the millions of "disenfranchised voters" (from election day 2000) are NOT COUNTED as being "likely voters."

Oh sure, they voted... or tried to vote...
But their votes didn't count.

"likely Voter" lists contain the names and contact info of ONLY THOSE VOTERS whose votes were actually counted in the 2000 presidential election.