Election 2010 Preview--Update #3

The consensus among professional political analysts is that the Dems are going to lose, and lose big in tomorrow's elections. Most, of course, afraid to get egg on their faces, are being very measured in their predictions of Republican gains. Not being a professional analyst, I have no fear of predicting a Republican gain of 70+ seats in the House and a 50/50 Senate when all of the votes are counted. There will be big Republican gains in the governor races as well.

It is bad year to be a Democrat. The Democratic pollster quoted in the below article sums the Democrat situation up best: “I’m resigned to the fact that it sucks.”

So sad for the Dems. There is going to be a donkey barbeque tomorrow.

Grim Dems Await Huge House Losses
By: Alex Isenstad
October 31, 2010 04:53 PM EDT

The last TV ads have been cut. The final polls have been conducted. The end-of-campaign expenditures are being made.

Now, for Democratic consultants and campaign officials who have plotted and strategized for months to preserve the embattled House majority, there’s nothing left to do but sit and wait for the expected horrors of Election Day to unfold.

There is nearly uniform consensus among Democratic campaign professionals that the House is gone — the only question, it seems, is how many seats they will lose.

While few will say so on the record for fear of alienating party officials or depressing turnout, every one of nearly a dozen Democratic House consultants and political strategists surveyed expect a GOP majority to be elected Tuesday — the consensus was that Democrats would lose somewhere between 50 and 60 seats.

A senior party consultant who was on the low end with his predictions said the party would lose between 40 and 50 seats. On the high end, one Democratic consultant said losses could number around 70 seats.

All spoke to the grimness of the mood.

“It sucks,” said Dave Beattie, a Florida-based Democratic pollster who is working on a slate of competitive House races and who acknowledges that the lower congressional chamber is lost. “I’m resigned to the fact that it sucks.”

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