Field notes: the best word to describe Democrats' get-out-the-vote plans: emerging.(CAMPAIGN '06)

IF YOU LOOK AT THE POLLS AND nothing else, it seems almost self-evident that Nancy Pelosi will be wielding the speaker's gavel come January. Nationally, voters give Democrats a 10-point edge over Republicans in their congressional preferences. Another survey, of 50 swing House districts conducted for National Public Radio, found Democrats leading in the 10 seats they currently hold by a 2-to-1 margin, while Republicans trailed Democrats in the 40 seats they currently hold by a 4 percent margin.

But elections aren't won by public opinion alone. A midterm election is above all ...

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