FiveThirtyEight's presidential and senatorial forecast have both dropped to the 2:1 range for Democrats, giving me a knot in my stomach. Still, that's better than the other way around and there are many reasons to be optimistic. I can't help feeling, though, that we are collectively playing Russian roulette with TWO chambers loaded.


A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.

Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich