Well, here were are. One week to go until the mid-term elections and everyone is playing the guessing game. At this point I will refrain from making a full-on prediction of what will happen next week. While things look good for the Democrats, I want to see how the polls look this weekend before I can predict whether or not they'll take over the House of Representatives and/or the U.S. Senate.
Things look good, but between Republican gerrymandering, Diebold, and evangelical voters willing to follow the GOP off a cliff, I'm not comfortable predicting exact numbers at this point.
In the mean time, I'll start listing my endorsements. And the first one is what Dick Cheney might call a "no-brainer"...
Senator Dianne Feinstein should be re-elected to the United States Senate. In her 14 years in the chamber Feinstein has taken a moderate approach to the problems facing the nation and consistently offers a consensus approach that is sorely lacking in both houses of Congress today.
Her Republican opponent, former State Sen. Dick Mountjoy, is a conservative idealogue who is absolutely wrong for California. Fortunately for Ms. Feinstein he is but token opposition and she will find herself coasting to an easy, much deserved victory next week.
