Rock the Vote predicts 40 percent to 50 percent of the $5.5 million budget it projects for this year to come from marketing partners.
Even his entourage seems to be resigned to a second-best showing, with polls predicting 37 to 38 percent.
Government economists are predicting more than 8 percent.
Officially, the Government is forecasting 3.8 percent growth this year, while most private economists are predicting 3 percent or less.
Using head shape, they said, they could predict 75 percent of the time whether someone snored.
Three presidents predicted zero percent or one percent growth.
The association predicted growth of 11.6 percent next year, 22.5 percent in 2003 and 25.0 percent in 2004.
Last year, he said, the company predicted 25 percent "and they came in at 28.7 percent."
I can't predict 100 percent that all areas will be available for complete, free, fair and peaceful elections.
Just six weeks ago, he was predicting 7 percent by the end of the year.