From the fantastic folks at the California GOP

ABC News: AG: Voter Warning Linked to GOP Campaign:

"SANTA ANA, Calif. Oct 19, 2006 (AP)

State investigators have linked a Republican campaign to letters sent to thousands of Orange County Hispanics warning them they could go to jail or be deported if they vote next month, a spokesman for the attorney general said.

'We have identified where we believe the mailing list was obtained,' said Nathan Barankin, spokesman for Attorney General Bill Lockyer.

He declined to identify the specific Republican campaign Wednesday, citing the ongoing investigation. The Los Angeles Times and The Orange County Register both reported Thursday that the investigation appeared to be focused on the campaign of Tan D. Nguyen, a Republican challenger to Democratic U.S. Rep. Loretta Sanchez.

The letter, written in Spanish, tells recipients: 'You are advised that if your residence in this country is illegal or you are an immigrant, voting in a federal election is a crime that could result in jail time.'

In fact, immigrants who are naturalized U.S. citizens can vote."

Hmmm...... I wonder what would be said if this were being done by Democrats. Voter intimidation is a rancid thing..... The GOP is on it's way out.

The turning of the worm.... ?

According to this ABC News piece,: By GARY LANGER
Oct. 9, 2006, there is a tidal force at work in favor of the dems in the upcoming midterm elections. the image at right shows the generic polling results for a Democrat/Republican breakdown in the house races. to hear Gary tell it:

An unpopular war led by a beleaguered president has pushed the Republican Party back to a deep deficit in voter preferences. But the Mark Foley scandal, while it hasn't helped, is a distant concern, with many doubting that the Democrats would've handled it any better.
The scandal's likeliest impact is that it forces the Republicans off the anti-terrorism message that remains their best push back against the broad discontent with the war in Iraq. The scandal has erased the minor gains the Republicans showed around the 9/11 anniversary."

Ther's more in there as the article goes on for four pages detailing the carnage. I am happy to hear it but I also know that we have been here before.... We have been the predicted winners many times in the past few election cycles and have been beaten back at the last minute each time... But hey, the pre-negotiated low gas prices sure are nice!