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On a specialized blog thang. Iowa Electronic Markets' 2006 House Bonanza. Visited the site two weeks ago to see if there was any action vis a vis the off-Prez election. Sho 'nuff. My baby girl Dixi, the '05 Windveil Blue Mustang with the hottest ass EVER, needs a new set of pipes -- shorty headers, to be exact -- and I need some windfall kwon to make the purchase.

And once I saw the share price of the "Republicans Gain" action, I wrote a check for $100 faster than you can say "SHOW ME THE MONEY!" and mailed it to the Tippie Homiez. I'm so confident of a big payday right now, I may just go ahead and get the shorties next week, and then make a deposit of 1,000 clams or so come November to cover the bill.

A thousand? Yeah, I think that's about right. As of COB yesterday, here was the price info:


07/21/06 RH.gain06 .097
07/21/06 RH.hold06 .469
07/21/06 RH.lose06 .442

Meaning, in the winner-take-all format, if ol' Otto can get about 10 cents to the dollar on a purchase price, that's a thousand shares...at one dollar per share after the win.

So how can I be so cocky about this right now? You watch the Evening News lately? (Yeah, I actually did, tonight, NBC...a new low, I'm so ashamed.) Nothing but one horror story after another. Lebanon, Iraq, gas prices, the searing heat, the scorching drought, the shaky stock market, the Dubya stem cell veto...hellfire and brimstone for the full half hour. Kind of strange and kinky coming from a bunch who pretty much flat-out do not believe in God.

But that's actually Reason Number One why that RHGain price is so unbelievably good to me. It can't get much worse than this, if you're a Republican strategist. Toss in the whole Abramoff thing too, while we're at it. This is about as bad as it can get, I think.

And so what does Rasmussen say? Bush's ratings are up since mid-May. Up 6% for Strongly Approve, and up 8% for overall approval. Meaning...bring on more bad news. Especially on the international front.

If Hezbollah and OBL had half an ounce of clue about the American electorate, they would take a long summer vacation. Just let everything wind down for a bit. Then the MSM would pick up the slack and start talking up the deteriorating quality of baby formula, or the repressive nature of Christian outreach missions to New Orleans, or some such drivel that plays well with the gals. As long as the war is the top story, the Demmies will lose more seats. That, my friends, is a stone GUARANTEE.

Reason Number Two, at least as of right now: Congressional districting. Tommy The Hammer (DeLay) did such a good job of gerry-rigging the maps, it will take a Kennedyesque act for most incumbent Elephants to lose. I don't really agree with gerrymandering, but let's be honest here, you lefties...your side did it like it was going out of style when you ran the show. It's part of the package when you take over, a Spoil Of Victory. DeLay was every bit as ruthless and effective redrawing those lines as Carl Albert or Jimmy Wright or the Tipster or any of those Democrat magnates were. THAT, I think, is why he was so despised by the Left.

But you know what? In the end, I'm just a freaking contrarian. If RHLose were at 7 cents, I'd buy it. I cannot stand large groups or the thinking therein, so I'm just gonna pick the lonely orphan and run with it like freaking LaDainian Tomlinson. Dixi will thank me...and that's plenty enough.