Dan Payne, writing in the Globe, translates the campaign clichés:

Candidate who says, ``The only poll that counts is on election day," is losing. Candidate who says, ``I won't back down to the special interests," is losing. Candidate who says, ``If our people turn out, we'll be fine," is losing. Candidate who says, ``Our message is starting to resonate with voters," is losing. Candidate who says, ``We're going to surprise a lot of people," is going to be surprised by losing.

This would make a good election-eve drinking game.