Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Rove on Midterm Elections

Karl Rove, (in)famous architect of George W. Bush's political victories, does a step-by-step analysis of the two major parties' chances in the elections of November, 2010. The article appears in The Wall Street Journal.

Rove finds factors favoring each party, with (no surprise) more factors favoring the Republicans. I say "no surprise" because the conventional wisdom favors the out-of-power party in midterm elections, not because Rove is a Republican. A favorite line:
The public, especially independents, increasingly believes Mr. Obama's policies threaten America's economic future.