I think that the media narrative of an impending Republican
defeat can cut both ways. Perhaps, as has been suggested, it will
lead conservatives to be dispirited, thus hampering turnout. On the
other hand, the constant media harping on how Republicans are going
to lose could instead annoy conservatives and motivate them to hit
the polls in large numbers to prove the liberal media wrong. Also,
one of the primary arguments that Republicans are making in an
attempt to turnout the base is to get them to imagine what Congress
would be like under the control of Nancy Pelosi and/or Harry Reid.
By annointing Pelosi the Speaker with several weeks remaining in
the election, the media, in a sense, is already doing half of the
RNC's job.
topics:
Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid
