Yes, that is the problem with the uber-Neos. Their entire campaign style is typically fact-free and all dog-whistle politics. I mean, for certain, there is a TON of communicating going on up there in the ultra-frequencies that only the purist authoritarian followers can hear.

That's why the push is on to "purify" their ranks over there in Neo-Rethug Land. They only want minions that are shock troops who graduated from their purist ideology boot camps. When the real campaign battles begin for 2010 and 2012, they want to be able to use this dog-whistle battle language to get their messages through to followers and, if you aren't schooled in that language (of course, meaning you don't belong) that communication won't seem to make a lot of sense (or appear to show any "class").

But, then, "class" isn't what it's about to those folks. They really, honestly, truly see this as war.

(BTW: I am the product of a fundamentalist protestant family; I am absolutely surrounded by these speakers-in-tongues; the things I assert here are the things I see around me, and the fruit borne of our many arguments.)

Their many un-classy statements and pronouncements appear to have one set of meanings at the surface, but carry a rich alternative set of meanings up there in the dog-whistle frequencies. The successful authoritarian manipulators are successful because they know how to hit just the right notes that resonate with the shock troops, and those resonances are at an emotional, visceral level. When they hear it, these shock troops know just what to do.

They will ALL be out there at the polls — whether it's this Tuesday or the Tuesdays of 2010 and 2012. Any moderates, independents (of any party stripe) and Democrats can only dismiss the apparent disarray, their apparent small numbers, get lazy, or apply retribution to underperforming Democratic leaders at our collective peril.

Because this uber-Right-wing core taking the reigns do see this as a very un-civil war, and anybody who does not agree with their narrow ideologies are in the cross-hairs.

We HAVE to take the advantage they are handing us, not take it for granted. Our current leadership is flawed, but it's still a zillion times better than if we become complacent and allow this newly purified version of Rethuglican back in the doors to power and control.

I kind of agree.

All the Republican party needs right now is to learn the lesson that they need to go MORE right... and they'll take themselves straight to irrelevancy.

And if Hoffman wins, Palin's odds just get better.

NY-23 Siena Poll Bad News for Owens from Pollster.com All Content by charles@politicalarithmetik.com (Charles Franklin) by Charles Franklin

This is a quick note on the new Siena poll in light of Scozzafava dropping out.

Can Owens pick up from Scozzafava supporters? Not so likely given these poll results.

Owens Fav/Unfav among Scozzafava suppporters: 19/50
Hoffman Fav/Unfav among Scozzafava supporters: 15/57

Looks like a wash with many likely to skip the choice of two disliked alternatives.

And the worse news for Owens is among independents:

Ind. Fav/Unfav Owens: 39/47
Ind. Fav/Unfav Hoffman: 47/33

Keep watching

Hoffman's going to win and the fruitbats are going to go nuts