Rove Far From Convinced GOP is Going to Lose

There was a report the other day that Karl Rove and President Bush were "inexplicably upbeat" about the election. Drudge headlines this story about a Rove interview with the Washington Times:

White House political strategist Karl Rove tells editors and reporters at THE WASHINGTON TIMES: 'I'm confident we're going to keep the Senate; I'm confident we're going to keep the House. The Foley matter has impact in some limited districts, but the research we have shows that people are differentiating between a vote for their congressman and a member from Florida.' MORE...

'It is useful to remind people what [Democrats] said and what they do. I think they have given us here, especially in the last couple of weeks, a potent set of votes to talk about. You had 90 percent of House Democrats voting against the terrorist-surveillance program, nearly three-quarters of Senate Democrats and 80 percent of House Democrats voting against the terrorist-interrogation act. Something is fundamentally flawed.'

We all remember how well the exit polls worked in 2004. Do you think Rove knows something the rest of the media doesn't know (or perhaps knows but doesn't want to admit)?

UPDATE: Here's the link to the Washington Times story.