First, should Democrats worry? Well, besides independents breaking GOP, which quaisi-Democratic bloggers try to write off as “conventional wisdom” or whatever, per Larry Sabato, there’s the matter of horrendous turnout, at least in Virginia. (That said, Sabato partially localizes that.)
The economy per Larry Sabato, and, how will Democrats deal with it next year? Second stimulus? I look at the 1982 midterms and House GOP losses, wondering if Democrats are doing that too. For Blue Dog Dems, it means deficits-vs-unemployment worries; will they be hypocritical enough to blandly worry about the deficit, after many of them approved many Bush-era deficit spending bills, or will they actually explain the need for more unemployment and economic help?
Regardless of his political views in general, Michael Barone may be right that union issues took a hit.
On the lighter side, Gail Collins pokes fun at Republicans trying to nationalize local elections.
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