Line of Day, Wishful Thinking Edition

“I believe Democrats are going to hold onto the House.”–Rep. Chris Van Hollen, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

FILED UNDER: 2010 Election, US Politics
Steven L. Taylor
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Steven L. Taylor is a Professor of Political Science and a College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog). Follow Steven on Twitter

Comments

  1. I saw that.

    Of course, Karl Rove said the same thing in 2006:

    http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6376549

    To be honest, you can’t expect these guys to get on television the Sunday before Election Day and say “Yea Chris, we are going to get our butts kicked on Tuesday.”

  2. Quite true.