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Day By Day by Chris Muir

Chris, it is a pretty sad day in America when voters have to be conscious and report egregious voter fraud. But, the win at any cost mentality is pervasive and we have to guard our rights to self-determine our government.

Look at the lengths that our enemies go to influence our vote.

President Obama said Friday that packages mailed from Yemen and intercepted in the last 24 hours contained explosive material and represented a “credible terrorist threat.”

The packages, mailed via UPS and FedEx, were addressed to two places of Jewish worship in Chicago, the president said.

Obama, speaking four days before the midterm elections, did not specify any new security measures that would be taken or say that the nation’s terrorist alert level had been raised. But he described the threat as serious, and pointed once again to Yemen as the source, saying his top terrorism adviser, John Brennan, had been in touch with that country’s president.

The two packages were intercepted at different locations, one on a UPS plane at the East Midlands airport near Nottingham, England, and the other at a FedEx facility in Dubai. Officials provided no detail on the kind of explosives found.

U.S. counterterrorism officials believe the foiled attack may have been orchestrated by the al-Qaeda affiliate in Yemen, which has been behind a series of recent attempts to strike the United States.

And, thanks for shipping “the DBD goods.” I look forward to receiving mine.

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The Day By Day Archive

• Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball: Senate +8, House +55, Gov. +8-9 GOP Gains
  The time has finally come in this two-year election cycle to make the final calls. Thanks to everyone who has helped us by providing background info, tips, private polls, observations, and constructive criticism. We operate on the proverbial shoestring and we’re outside the Beltway (a plus and a minus), so we can always use the assistance.
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  Our tradition is that we make a prediction in every contest. We’ve been studying these states, districts, and candidates for many years, and we feel entitled! We’re proud of our record over the years, but inevitably we will be wrong with some calls. Apologies for those in advance.

  Students sometimes ask how I ever got into this game. I first published a state-by-state set of predictions in 1978. To my surprise, the exercise turned out well. In 1980 I won a DC-based election pool, and with that cash incentive, I was hooked. (No, I haven’t bet on elections in decades, and professional prognosticators shouldn’t.)

  (tags: larry_sabato GOP democrats)
• CA-Gov: Update From Meg Whitman Strategist Mike Murphy
  As of last night, in two separate tracking polls conducted over the last 72 hours, the race is now tied in one poll and Meg leads by +1 in the other. Among early voters who say they have already cast their ballots, Meg Whitman is leading by 3 points.

  Field is a good poll. But it was taken from 10/14 to 10/25 and missed this movement. New TV ads, mail, and our very strong field operation (80 offices, 37,000+ volunteers, large direct mail program, large AB program) are all working in our favor.

  GOP intensity, seen in early vote returns, is very high.

  Meg is on road doing multiple events per day. Brown is largely absent from campaign trail. Rumored to be re-appearing this weekend. Some talk of a magic carpet being involved…

  This is a tight race and while the public polls are down, most were taken a week or more ago. CA trend looking more and more like rest of US, despite blue state status. Brown has been stuck for months around 45%, looks like undecided voters are now moving

  (tags: Meg_Whitman)
• CA-Gov: Meg Whitman Banks on Big Ground Game
  Ms. Whitman, trailing in every poll, has rolled out a big get-out-the-vote operation, funded with part of the $162 million she has spent on the race so far. The effort is a particularly sophisticated version of voter-mobilization pushes candidates and parties are ratcheting up with less than a week before Election Day.

  Many candidates believe get-out-the-vote drives could hold the key to victory, especially in close races such as Senate contests in Pennsylvania, Nevada, Colorado, Washington and Illinois.

  The big question, especially for Democrats, is what effect these increasingly elaborate initiatives will have in a year dominated by impassioned partisan divisions. Some voters appear intent on going to the polls regardless, while others seem stubbornly unmotivated. That could undermine a traditional advantage held by Democrats and their union backers in this area.
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  Will these ground operations aid Carly Fiorina who is more favored in the polls?

  (tags: Meg_Whitman)
• CO-Sen Poll Watch: Ken Buck 48% Vs. Michael Bennett 44%
  Republican Ken Buck still holds a slight lead over incumbent Democrat Michael Bennet as Colorado’s U.S. Senate race heads down to the wire.

  The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in the state finds Buck earning 48% support to Bennet’s 44%. Three percent (3%) prefer another candidate in the race, and six percent (6%) are undecided.
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  Going down to the wire

  (tags: ken_buck Michael_Bennet)
• Poll Watch: 2010 Electorate Still Looking More Republican Than in the Past
  Gallup's latest figures on the composition of the 2010 electorate suggest that, consistent with an earlier Gallup report, those voting in this year's congressional elections across the country will be similar in gender, age, and education to 2006 voters. At the same time, they will be substantially more Republican in their party orientation, and more conservative than has been the case in the past several midterms.
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  The trends are there and polling has not really accounted for a large wave for the GOP.
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• CA-Sen: Carly Fiorina laid groundwork for HP's success
  Washington could stand a dose of cutting costs, reducing bureaucracy and challenging the unhealthy sense of entitlement creeping into our culture. Sound like someone we need in a political leader? I think it does. Attacks on Fiorina focus on her decision to reduce the number of jobs and move jobs oversees. I would venture to say that every CEO who has ever fulfilled his or her corporate responsibilities during a time of economic downturn (as Fiorina experienced) makes similar moves. Every CEO weighs tax and regulatory implications as they choose where plants and people are located. In fact, it is these tough choices that qualify Fiorina for the U.S. Senate.
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  (tags: carly_fiorina)

Well, the race is still within the margin of error and the Dems cannot really claim this race as won.

Incumbent Democrat Barbara Boxer still holds a small lead over Republican Carly Fiorina in California’s U.S. Senate race, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports survey of Likely Voters in the state.

Boxer, who is seeking a fourth six-year term, now earns 49% support to Fiorina’s 46%. Two percent (2%) prefer another candidate, and three percent (3%) remain undecided.

Boxer posted a 48% to 46% lead a week ago. In spite of her powers as an incumbent and California’s strong Democratic leanings, Boxer’s been struggling to widen the gap all year. She’s held a small lead in every survey but one since February with 42% to 49% of the vote. Fiorina, a former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, has earned 38% to 47% support in those same surveys.

Exit question: Will the national GOP wave and GOTV ground operation propel Carly Fiorina to victory next Tuesday?