A Little Lady Predicts a Big Win

Wall Street Journal by Peggy Noonan | Oct. 30, 2010 (Opinion)
The Republican tide may even reach the Jersey Shore.

Well, I think we know where this one's going. The polls came like waves this week. Independents breaking hard for the GOP, those making under $50,000 going Republican, the party has a 20% lead among college graduates. Gallup says 2010 is looking better than the year of the last great sweep, with 55% of respondents now saying they are Republican or lean Republican. It was 49% in 1994. RealClearPolitics has 222 House seats going to the Republicans, 175 to ... Full Story »

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Noonan makes some safe bets based on the starkest poll numbers. She cites some Tea Party situations that she believes can be generalized to explain the prevailing mood going into this election. We'll see if she's right.

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