I like to remember Karl der Grosse, the “architect of victory” as DUHbya so wisely named him. Rove declared a generation of Republican rule in 2004 (the beginning of the Thousand Year Right). How’d that work out? Now the architect of victory is a peer of Saruh Palin, et nauseum (sic). Enjoy the sweet taste of victory while you can. The pendulum swings and cuts both ways.

Race Calls – Associated Press Interactive (every state)

There’s only one poll that counts: Election Day. It’s not over until then. VOTE. Call your friends. Don’t give this election away.

The secrets behind the midterms – The Washington Post By E.J. Dionne Jr.

A Pew Research Center survey conducted Oct. 15 to 20 found that Democrats had a 21-point advantage among registered voters as the party “more concerned about needs of people like me,” up from a lead of only 11 points in October 2010. Voters picked Republicans over Democrats as the party “more influenced by special interests” by 46 percent to 32 percent, a 14-point Republican deficit, up from an 8-point deficit four years ago. And on a new measure, voters declared the Republican Party “more extreme in its positions” by 52 percent to 36 percent. …

Many Democrats quietly concede that the Senate playing field still tilts the Republicans’ way. If Democrats upset expectations, these underappreciated factors will be the reason. If the Republicans prevail, the fact that the election has been so closely fought points to problems that even a victorious GOP will have to confront.

The secrets behind the midterms – The Washington Post

Romney and Martinez appeared at a fundraiser hosted by a drug dealer, I mean marijuana merchant. She calls decriminalization a “horrible, horrible idea,” but pockets profits from same, but the Journal makes sure you don’t hear that from them.

Romney campaigns for Martinez | Albuquerque Journal News

By James Monteleone / Journal Staff Writer PUBLISHED: Thursday, October 23, 2014 at 3:08 pm

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, the Republican nominee for president in 2012, rallied support for New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez in Albuquerque today.

Romney drew a crowd of more than 200 outside Martinez’s campaign headquarters in Albuquerque, where Romney praised Martinez’s record of accomplishment as a model for the nation and urged supporters to vote early.

Romney campaigns for Martinez | Albuquerque Journal News

Note that the average stoplight in Abq accumulates a crowd of 200.

Susana Martinez to attend fundraiser hosted by aspiring marijuana businessman

Pot Politics

Susana Martinez to attend fundraiser hosted by aspiring marijuana businessman

October 21, 2014, 6:00 pm By Joey Peters

Susana Martinez has been unabashed about her opposition to loosening marijuana laws since stepping into the governor’s office nearly four years ago.

She underlined that stance in Sunday’s debate with Democratic Party challenger Gary King, voicing her opposition to both legalizing recreational pot as well as decriminalizing possession of small amounts of it. There, she stated that the judicial system never throws people in prison for only small marijuana charges.

It wasn’t unlike her comments on the subject throughout the past weeks on the campaign trial, where she reportedly dismissed decriminalization as a “horrible, horrible idea.”

“When you start having young people have access to that marijuana as easily as they do other things, it really does impact them,” Martinez told KOAT-TV earlier this month. 

Yet the stance apparently isn’t enough to stop candidate Martinez from taking money from a New Mexico businessman who is planning to start a recreational and medical marijuana dispensary in Colorado, which legalized recreational cannabis two years ago. 

Charles “Randy” Briggs is planning to host Martinez at a $2,600-a-plate fundraiser at his home this Thursday, according to the Albuquerque Journal. Briggs, a Carlsbad native and ophthalmologist, is also listed as the business agent for Grandote Green LLC. The company applied for a commercial development license earlier this year to start a “marijuana medical and retail” business in La Veta, a tiny town of 800 in the south central region of Colorado. 

Since May, Martinez’ campaign has also pocketed at least $10,000 from a Charles R Briggs Trust, according to campaign finance reports. 

Briggs’ fundraiser this week will reportedly also feature former Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney.

Susana Martinez to attend fundraiser hosted by aspiring marijuana businessman

There is only ONE way Democrats lose: We don’t vote. Get OUT. Go Vote. Make others vote.

All that the quoted poll proves is that the “predictions” have been accepted. Who made these predictions and why? Prove them wrong.

Most likely voters expect GOP to control Senate | Albuquerque Journal News

Among all adults, 38 percent say they’d like the Democrats to wind up in control of Congress, to 36 percent for the Republicans. But the GOP holds a significant lead among those most likely to cast ballots: 47 percent of these voters favor a Republican controlled-Congress, 39 percent a Democratic one. That’s a shift in the GOP’s favor since an AP-GfK poll in late September, when the two parties ran about evenly among likely voters.

Women have moved in the GOP’s direction since September. In last month’s AP-GfK poll, 47 percent of female likely voters said they favored a Democratic-controlled Congress and 40 percent wanted the Republicans to capture control. In the new poll, the two parties are about even among women, 44 percent prefer the Republicans, 42 percent the Democrats.

In all, the poll finds that 55 percent of likely voters now expect Republicans to win control of the Senate, up from 47 percent last month. Democrats have grown slightly more pessimistic on this count since September, with 25 percent expecting the GOP to take control now, compared with 18 percent earlier.

Most likely voters expect GOP to control Senate | Albuquerque Journal News