> I see it as parts of the ruling class acting in what
> they see as their interests. They reach a consensus
> and they act accordingly--in this case to depress both
> psychologically and ultimately on election day, the
> section of the electorate which would cast its vote
> Kerry's way by skewing polls this way and that.
Except that it doesn't appear that all the ruling class wants Bush to win. Unless you define "ruling class" as those members of the capital-owning class who what Bush to win, in which case the statement becomes circular.
Jon Johanning // jjohanning at igc.org __________________________________ Had I been present at the Creation, I would have given some useful hints for the better ordering of the universe. -- Attr. to Alfonso the Wise, King of Castile