Frivolous Friday Open Thread

Right now, both Democrats and the progressive movement are flying high. Our fifty-state strategy has yielded record candidate recruitment.
With a 43% Democratic turnout in Connecticut, evidence continues to
mount that Democrats are turning out at higher rates than Republicans (possibly significantly higher rates). We hold commanding, historic, eighteen-points in the two most recent generic ballot polls (AP-Ipsos and Fox-Opinion Dynamics) and an NPR shows that lead making an impact where it counts. Our Senate polls aren’t bad either. Ned Lamont’s victory has given the activist base a huge boost of confidence and energy, among many other things. The Democratic leadership has lined up behind Lamont, unifying the party and improving our message. Bush’s approval rating still sucks, and our candidates are more competitive financially than at any time in recent memory (see more here). Committee fundraising looks good too. Our creativity and new infrastructure seem to be growing in leaps and bounds, and now election forecaster after election forecaster after election forecaster after election forecaster says great things are coming our way.

If you have time, read the above paragraph again, and even follow all
of the links. Reading all of this, it is difficult not to come to the
conclusion that we are on the cusp of a tremendous wave election in
2006. Eight-eight days before the election, the situation could hardly
look better.

Read the rest.