Usually in life, when you are hired for a specialty, you’re pretty good at it. Given that, how does Ruth Marcus keep her job at The Washington Post as a political commentator? Here’s her view of yesterday’s outcome in Virginia:
Advice to readers about the coming orgy of analysis about the New Jersey and Virginia gubernatorial elections: Ignore it.
Someone ask Heath Shuler and his fellow Blue Dogs if they’re dismissing last night’s results as blithely as Marcus.
UPDATE: A more accurate and realistic perspective from Dick Morris:
The winner, Bob McDonnell, won the attorney general’s race in the last election by a few tenths of a percent over the same opponent. That he coasted to so huge a victory in the swing state of Virginia now has to send a message to red-state Democratic congressmen: Obama may be able to survive in the deep water into which he is leading his party, but you can’t.
UPDATE 2: More media myopia here:
The Post really sold itself out for Deeds — and look how well that turned out. The Post has a few lessons to learn, but as the first hours of spin show, they’re not the only media outlet that needs Remedial Objectivity on their curriculum.
