Back from the dead!

What has come back from the dead? Ghouls and Goblins, No! Vampires and zombies, No! More like Republicans and Conservatives or so the media seems to hint at. With the upcoming elections coming up in a couple of days, many people are starting to speculate the return of a Republican House party and the media seems to be sending out the invitations. "The Conservatives Come Back From the Dead", a story found in the Politics Daily news room is A pretty clever title for the upcoming elections esp. with a hint of the Halloween Spirit giving it its tone. This article speaks about the return of the republicans and conservatives. Many theorist as well as politicians assumed that the House would stay Democratic for many years to come with Obama winning presidency in 2008. However, with all the assumptions and opinions, it seems that the republicans just might after all regain power. I chose this article because it shows a great example of how the media assumes things are going to happen before they actually happen. During the 2004 presidential election with Bush and Carey, the media assumed that Carey was going to win and they assumed that Carey won Florida, and as they created and briefed their news coverage around this assumption, one of the worst things happened for them, they were wrong and people found out about it. The media today, seems to be doing the same thing. Note, I am not saying that they are wrong now, which I hope that they are not, but I am saying is that the assumptions have begun once again. When will the media learn that they should not assume something has happened until it actually happens.

-Damian