Quote of the Day

Brit Hume, senior political commentator on Fox News, analyzing the President's chances of being reelected with nothing done about the deficit:

He’s in real trouble. Everyone is saying, "Well, look at the Republican field." I think this will be a referendum election and not so much a choice election. And if it is and conditions like this persist – he’s toast.

A second term election is always a referendum on the incumbent, as long as the opponent isn't an outlier, a weirdo. The article source is The Daily Caller.