Wow.
It's hard to know what to make of these gubernatorial races. I tend to think that this is going to be a wonderful Republican year. But then you see poll like this.
What makes you think this would be in the first place? Other than the fact that a bunch of Democratic senators in GOP states are retiring, the Dems are, for the most part, likely to hold their own in the gubernatorial/house races.
Exactly, it's not going to be a "wonderful" Republican year, or a wonderful year for either party. Because both parties are in power and both are unpopular. Hatred for the other party isn't enough for a wonderful year, your party has to be really appealing, like Dems were in 2006 or Republicans were in 2010. This isn't gonna be a banner year for either party, and in theory should be a fairly neutral one when you weight the sixth-year losses against the sh*tty state of the GOP/their general unpopularity (1998 style), but what's actually happening is what IDS Emperor Maxwell said-- things normalizing from 08 and 10.
