Five Signs Your Campaign Is Toast

As the midterm-election season winds down and voter attitudes harden, some races are too close to call. Others are painfully easy to call--the ones where campaign headquarters seem to be emitting chaos, disarray, and sometimes outright surrender. Here is NEWSWEEK's five-step self-diagnostic manual for candidates to tell whether they're toast. If you exhibit any of these symptoms, please consult your campaign manager immediately and get some rest: further campaigning won't help you anyway.