Once again we are reminded of the desperate attempts by the New York Times in their effort to stump for Democrats in the upcoming November Elections. 

This time they are predicting a takeover of the House by Democrats based on various indicators that are twisted in context to favor of their much vaunted party. One such play on statistics is the Times emphasis on a CBS NY Times opinion poll that was conducted last week.

Of course the Times writers left out a bit of context from that Poll that could easily spell a very large uphill battle for the Dems. In particular the Times staffers failed to note that the detailed statistics in that same poll found that 67% of those polled disapproved with the way Democrats were performing in Congress compared to 51% who disapproved of Republicans. That is a 16% margin for those keeping score. The same question also showed that only 23% approved of the job Democrats are doing compared to 43% who approve of the job that Congressional Republicans are doing. (see CBS News/New York Times Poll Section - Aug. 17-21)

I noted this last week when Nancy Pelosi literally played the same game with this poll from the friendly confines of The David Letterman show (video here).

Republicans would be foolhardy to ignore trends in many races. In particular they are heavily challenged by dissatisfaction from their own base that may keep voters home during mid term elections.

But Democrats are faced with many of the same challenges as demonstrated by the far left take over of Connecticut in the Lieberman-Lamont race. This is a race that is taking many resources to maintain.

Among the biggest issues facing both parties is Security and Immigration. It would be a stretch to imagine that Democrats could get the upper hand on either of these issues although immigration could hurt Republicans as much as it helps them. Thus Democrats are left with the war in Iraq, a decisive issue that will no doubt resonate well for the left. This is especially true if Republicans fail to counter the message of the MSM and liberal Democrats who are intent on souring the mood of the country by ignoring and in some cases misreporting news from the War in Iraq to the economy.

Democrats will be sure to play games with all sorts of data in an effort to revamp their angry victim in every corner playbook. One such example is the price of gas.

Either Democrats are too ignorant to understand futures markets and basic economics such as supply and demand or they hope their electorate is such. In any case the Democrats are riding a wave of ignorance as a platform. I believe this will backfire because Americans aren’t as stupid as Democrats hope them to be. You can sense a used car salesman from a mile away and we can already smell the polyester on the Democrat play book. If Democrats were really sincere about discussing the price of gas they would allow gas stations to list the price of gas seperately from the tax element in that price.

This latest New York Times article is more of the same from a group of elite poseurs who hide under the umbrella of journalism when in reality they are thinly veiled activists performing a get out the vote effort for the far left.