Hacktacular!
Shorter Similarly lengthed Glenn Reynolds: “The fact that the Dems seem poised to only narrowly win an overwhelmingly Republican district with an unknown politician proves that Obama has no coattails.”
And in addition to the other problems, Reynolds doesn’t seem to understand that concept of “coattails,” which presumes another election going on to draw voters — I know that this is an obscure point of election law, but Obama wasn’t actually on the ballot in this election. And, of course, when he was on the ballot he had coattails to the tune of +21 in the House and and +8 in the Senate. But, in fairness, this is probably as much about the public hating the Republican policies Reynolds has been relentlessly shilling for as much as anything…