I think that the people conducting the polls don't understand progressives as well as they think they do. I vote in almost every election, but I don't see any reason to swing from the rafters and put on a show to illustrate how enthusiastic I am about voting for a particular candidate. I just show up at the polls and vote. I also think that some in the media are using the "enthusiasm gap" to hype republican candidates. They don't have a plan that is any different than the one GWB had. I am in no way demoralized about the way things are going in the country to a point that would cause me not to vote. I know why things haven't improved as quickly as they should have: republican obstructionism.

My fiancé and I are going to begin canvassing in my neighborhood in about 2 weeks, and then we'll go over to his side of town and repeat the process.

I'd rather the country turn around under Republican rule than suffer through another recession. I'd rather not score political points at the expense of the country. That's something Newt Gingrich, Rush, Beck et al are banking on, and that kind of thinking is woefully backwards.

I understand and share your frustration and apprehension at them taking Congress back over because of propaganda and dirty politics, but I'll still hope for them to continue our country's recovery.

My husband is a Republican and says that the only thing worse than the Dems in office now are the crazed lunatics that are running on the Republican ticket throughout the country. I thought that was pretty funny coming from someone who always votes Republican. I think he might leave a few spots blank on his ballot this year.

"Bloomberg was the first to report the contribution, based on the RGA's Internal Revenue Service filings. A review of the News Corporation IRS filings by CNN shows that a subsidiary of the company called News America Inc. made additional donations to both Democrats and Republicans in the 2010 election cycle, including $50,000 to the Democratic Attorneys General Association and $65,000 to the Republican State Leadership Committee. Those committees, as well as their Democratic counterparts, are 527 groups, meaning they are not subject to campaign finance contribution limits.

While News Corporation has used its political action committee to shower Democrats with campaign contributions, the total of those donations is dwarfed by the $1 million check it cut to the RGA.

Data collected by CQ Moneyline shows that News Corporation, through its political action committee, has contributed over $105,500 to Democratic candidates in the 2010 election cycle, while donating $74,700 to Republicans during the same time period. News Corporation's PAC has also donated $7,500 to Democratic-affiliated leadership PACs and $14,500 to GOP-related PACs. News Corporation, owned by Rupert Murdoch, has also given a total of $45,000 to other Democratic and Republican committees.

On the Democratic side, that includes $30,000 to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and $15,000 to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. As for Republicans, News Corporation donated $30,000 to the National Republican Congressional Committee and $15,000 to the National Republican Senatorial Committee.

A corporation's PAC is subject to a maximum spending limit of $5,000 per candidate per year and $15,000 per political party per year.

News Corporation is not alone among media corporations who donated to political parties and candidates, ultimately raising the issue of whether media companies and politics should mix.

"This is one piece of the puzzle that the public should consider when they are viewing coverage of politics," said Sheila Krumholz, executive director of the Center for Responsive Politics.

General Electric, which owns NBC, has also made substantial political contributions in the 2010 election cycle. For example, GE donated $688,900 to Democrats through its PAC this election cycle compared to $410,100 to Republicans. The company has also given $75,500 to Democratic-affiliated leadership PACs and $74,500 to Republican-affiliated leadership PACs.

Meanwhile, GE has donated $237,000 to the Democratic Governors Association and $205,000 to the Republican Governors Association"

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/08/17/fox-news-takes-heat-for-news-corporations-gop-donation/

Thousands of dollars... as opposed to a million dollars... He(Hotwings) is technically correct, but the scale of the donation given to the RGA is signifigantly larger... Like, and order of magnitude larger...