KAUS STRIKES OUT AGAIN

Mickey, Mickey, Mickey:

...The point isn't that there are no voters who have soured on Bush, or that souring on Bush isn't a real phenomenon. The point is that reporters and editors at papers like the Times (either one!) are exquisitely sensitive to any sign that Democrats might win, but don't cultivate equivalent sensitivity when it comes to discerning signs Republicans might win. (Who wants to read that?) The result, in recent years, is the Liberal Cocoon, in which Democratic partisans are kept happy and hopeful until they are slaughtered every other November.

Gee Mickey, I seem to remember 2000 (certainly part of "recent years"), with the Democrats holding ground in the House and picking up a handful of seats in the Senate, not to mention winning the popular vote (and the electoral, depending on who you talk to).

And gee whiz, Mickey, I also seem to remember that in 2002 California, the home of the LAT, saw every single statewide office go Democratic.

Close, but no aircraft carrier, Mickey.