Why Republicans will keep the House

Hugh Hewitt has four reasons why the GOP will retain both the House and the Senate...

"1 - the pollsters consistently underweighted GOP turnout and are scrambling to avoid being Zogbied.

2 - GOP faithful and center-right independents are unhappy with President Bush and the Congress for a number of reasons (tin-eared non-responsiveness on the border, spend, and one I'll discuss at length on Wednesday) and told pollsters, bit have now relented as they realize that no matter what the problem is, the answer can't be more Democrats.

3 - John Kerry reminded Americans of the left's contempt for the military specifically as well as its fecklessness on matters of national security generally, and voters want to stay alive.  "Any vote for any Democrat is a vote against victory and a vote for vulnerability" is a concise summary of a broad truth.

4 - The Rove-Mehlman GOTV machine is rolling out, powered by polite volunteers who understand the need to persuade not merely berate."

The numbers are looking great for Republicans nationally.  Here locally in Arizona, the GOTV effort will help Senator Kyl, Congressmen Renzi, Shadegg, Franks, Flake, and even Hayworth to victory.

I'm reminded of James Carville who said,

"We have to go back to 1974 (during Watergate) to find such a favorable environment. If we can't win in this environment, we have to question the whole premise of the party."

In another 40+ hours we will do exactly that...question the entire premise of the Democratic Party.   

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