The Trend

Another article, this one in today's WashPost, charting the astounding surge in new voter registrations, this time in Virginia and Maryland, though the WashPost doesn't break down the new voters by party.

Anecdotally, we don't believe formerly disaffected non-voters are suddenly rushing to register because they like the way the country has gone during the last four years. This almost baffling tidal wave of interest in this election, and the fact that these new voters are NOT included in most national polls, could be setting up a dynamic for Kerry that will catch the media pundits with their pants down. They've had their noses buried in polling results through August & September that showed Bush winning, maybe by a landslide, when we suspect that the landslide could go down the other side of the mountain this year. Young people ... a large portion of the new registrations ... might well end up saving this nation from an even more nighmarish four years.

"Republicans," reported the WashPost, "said the trends reflected enthusiasm for President Bush." Yeah, right. You cling to that interpretation, guys. You hold on for dear life!