Comments on: Political Scientists Explode Another Myth http://backalleymedia.org/?p=1303 News and Views on the 2012 Elections Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:14:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Sebastian http://backalleymedia.org/?p=1303#comment-2130 Sebastian Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:31:48 +0000 http://backalleymedia.org/?p=1303#comment-2130 Yup. The summary is right on target... most of the pundits were saying 30-something seats, and that just isn't realistic, especially given the gerrymandering. I think Charlie Cook was closer to the mark when he wrote, “The political environment and momentum that Democrats seemed to have in recent months may have led to an unrealistic set of expectations. In this, perhaps we pundits share some blame.” I don’t think it makes a lot of sense to consider Obama’s 53% “enormously impressive” and congressional Democrats’ 56% a disappointment. Yup. The summary is right on target… most of the pundits were saying 30-something seats, and that just isn’t realistic, especially given the gerrymandering.

I think Charlie Cook was closer to the mark when he wrote, “The political environment and momentum that Democrats seemed to have in recent months may have led to an unrealistic set of expectations. In this, perhaps we pundits share some blame.” I don’t think it makes a lot of sense to consider Obama’s 53% “enormously impressive” and congressional Democrats’ 56% a disappointment.

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